Bearded Iris and roses

I wrote a long answer here Simon and forgot to click on "send"!
The mis-labelled irises were from Impressive irises, but it might not be their fault, it could have been me. I can match up a couple with the right names but this one I've no idea about. Oh well it's not that important I guess, an iris by any other name....................

I did my first bearded iris cross for the year tonight too. All the ones I did last year failed... worked out why too... I was putting the pollen on the wrong side of the stigma.. very confusing. I pollinated the one above ('Mountain Violet') with 'Cat's Eye' and 'Hussy'. Apparently if you cross a dwarf with a tall you get median beardies... I'd like ot try making some small ones For anyone interested in doing this the best guide I have found is here: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Ooh that will be interesting!
I'll have a look at the link.

Me tp Val. Thanks Simon

Forgot to post this one earlier... this is a teaser photo... will be out tomorrow if we get a warm day... this is a TBI called 'Witches Sabath'. I LOVE the near black ones!!!

I've got this one too Simon, and it's at the same stage as yours is. Not as many buds as yours though.

This is only one spike of it too... it has about 7-8 spikes the same as this... it's a VERY strong grower here

Found some photos from last season I didn't put up...

Oh they're all gorgeous!
I lost a few in all the wet we had this year, just in the more shaded part of the garden. The thing that surprises me is that the ones in pots are doing better than the ones in the ground.
I love some of the crosses that Letitia has made. (Or Leticia)

Yes... she's got some lovely ones hasn't she.. I lost a few in the wet too.. the potted ones are doing very well. I've just got them in garden soil in the pots too. I don't know which ones I've lost yet until the ones that are left flower... labels got mixed up a bit when I moved a bunch last year.

This is a median one from I Irises I got in there sale unlabeled, they haven't got into there garden bed yet. Only in a styro box.[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

A pretty colour Carole - Yellow irises are lovely. Gee they're doing well in that box! One of the owners of the iris farm was amazed that mine are doing well in pots - he'd be even more amazed if he heard about your styrene box!

they dont mind being pot bound I would guess, mine are in pots mainly and are doing rather well , some only 8 inch pots at that

And more......
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And more of ours.
Surfie Girl
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Persian Rug
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I do like the white one Carole! Or is it a very pale blue? They're all nice of course.

Val it is a almost white with sort of a grey edge and the white part is turning a very, very pale blue. So far I have 4 of them in my mixed unlabled,

Here's today's new one,

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And" many thanks " for showing us that one Val. I love it.

Here's my new one. I'm loving these near-black ones:

Gasp! That is stunning Simon! I love the dark ones too.

Carole, is that near-white one of yours from Impressive Irises? If so I have one from there called 'April Fog' that is a dead ringer for this one. I think I'm going to email the previous owners of Impressive Irises and ask if they could send me a CD of their flowers that I can host here for people to use for ID purposes.

Val, WS is an amazing plant too... I reckon it will be few more days before any new ones are out but I'll keep them coming

Come on guys... keep em coming

That would be excellent if you could get a CD of their irises. It would be a big help.

This is a photo list of my TBI... It's almost complete I think The littlies I put on a differet doc. A lot of these came from Impressive so might help out in the mean time. They had hundreds of different ones though so this is barely scratching the surface.

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and these:

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