CLOSED: iris secret trade update

Please join in for a fun secret trade for tall bearded iris .......only TBs moderns and historicals

Sign up by August 1
Please list your name, zone and a brief list of likes and dislikes

minimum trade is for 4 NAMED and LABELED rhizones..some may want to contribute more for their secret trade, but please no less than 4 large healthy rhizomes. In the event your trades are small , please add 1 additional for each 1 sent. Trades to be mailed out by August 20th.



As your host I will draw names on August 7th and D-mail you with the name of your secret trade shortly thereafter. Your trade will not necessarily be the one sending to you.
I will participate and I don't know any other way if I do the drawing, so I will know who sends to me.
I will add to our list thru August 1. In the event someone needs to drop out please notify me before we draw names.

Traders in agreement so far are:
Skimper
Weegy12
ScorpioAngel
Woodspirit1
Heyit'sTammy
BlueSpiral
RatherBdigging
PajaritoMt
Irislover79
Eglantyne
GrannyMarsh
HappyGarden
NeilTR
MitchF
Mrsspeedgarden
dmac085
Greathorse
Elizabethtown
Summerkid

Scorpioangel
zone 7a
I love TB Iris.
Already have more than enough of 'Indian Chief', 'Crimson King', and 'Florentina'


This is exciting .... loved the last secret trade ........ Great idea Jackie

DebiV

dmac085
zone 7

Prefer tall beardeds. I really love large flowers and heavily ruffled are great too. I'm making a bunch of new purchases this year since I don't have named varieties yet. Anyone getting iris from me will be getting iris from any of the following places (Iris Greens, Hanks Iris (weegy), or a co-op from American Meadows or the co-op here.

I like vivid/bold color blends, saturated blues and if anyone has Earthborn...well, it's my HG of iris. The photos posted here make me want to PM everyone who took one and ask if they have any divisions they could spare:LOL: Really anything is great...Haven't met an iris I didn't like=)

Donna



This message was edited Jul 21, 2007 9:27 AM

greathorse
zone 5a

i don't dislike anything, I'd love anything that is big, bold and juicy looking. i'm not picky though.

I'm the same way. Dark & dramatic! Or lots of two-tone contrast.
Not into pink or pastels.

My secret trade's irises are a mystery even to me yet, since I'll have to go buy named ones! (One for me, one for her; one for ME, one for her ...)

I like red and pink irises.Tall bearded or historical irises.Already have plenty of Indian chief and yellows.

Updated to say/admit--I just ordered Earthborn from Wild Iris Rows. Well, not just that but ya know?! I'm afraid to tally up my plant purchases this year:LOL: I've bumped into a few of ya'lls names in the want/wishlists area ;)

Summer I am a better shopper than u......one for them 2 for me....

I would love to join this secret trade. Thanks so much Jackie!

Janet what are your preferences ?

as for me: I have too many yellows, whites, pinks and purples

I like tall beardeds.......plicatas, bi-tones, true blues, lavenders, bright orange, wines, mostly moderns lacey and ruffled...but I never saw an iris I didn't like

Oops, Like you, I have never seen an Iris I didn't love! I really would love to have a nice Yellow, I don't have one of those. I like the Plicatas, bi-tones too. I love the old ones as well as the mdern fancy ones. Mostly love the ones that have loads of blooms and multiply well...especially fond of rebloomers, I have one blooming now...let me post a picture...this is blooming today...I have never had Iris blooming this time of year!

For anyone who happens to acquire my name in the trade, check out my garden journal here at daves to get a feel for what I have. Mostly I choose based on names for my tall bearded irises. I have smaller themed gardens within my larger garden. I have the Dykes winners, broken colors, Hanky Panky (anything related to or suggested intimacy heh heh), Music and Theatre, Fine Dining (food, snacks, drinks, etc), Western, Civil War, Weather, Royalty, Sci Fi, and a miscellaneous bed for everything else.

Also, I have irises from 1800's to 2000's so time frame doesn't really matter. Unique and hard to find are nice to have. Would prefer 4 different varieties but it's really about the fun of the trading as long as the plants are healthy and happy.

Roni

http://davesgarden.com/journal/edit/index.php

I'd love to broaden my blues palette in iris. I have Superstition, and any icy-pale blue or medium blue where the blossom is one color would be much appreciated - fragrance a huge bonus.

After all, your name is not greenspiral now, is it?!

Now there's a thought, Summer - within a couple weeks of each other in September 2003, I discovered DG and the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day website, and hurricane Isabel gave us a memorable night.

Following the links on http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030925.html , I discovered that the mathematics of Isabel's spiral curve were repeated throughout many natural phenomena like snail shells in our gardens or seed patterns in sunflowers or starry galaxies, etc.

That "dark and stormy night" was pretty fresh in my mind when I was trying to think up a DG moniker - but I gotta say - imagining a greenspiral in that context ain't the warmest, fuzziest notion for a gardener lol

Eglantyne
Zone 5 a
TB irises

My wishlist would be ruffled,heavely ruffled ,Bicolors or colors in dark dramatic :-) purple,fuchsia,dark Rose,Red Violet i.e.Vibration.Love colors like i.e.Impressionist,Evening silk.

I would love to get different ones if at all possible ?

PS: (Don't need any yellow or orange )
Mine will also come from a iris grower.

This message was edited Jul 20, 2007 9:58 PM

blue, i will have to look up all those fascinating-sounding links & phenomena.

as for my secret bearded santa, i usually plant in 3s, so i'd be happy with 4 of a kind or 4 of a variety ... so ... totally ... flexible ...

This message was edited Jul 20, 2007 8:24 PM

I will be happy with either four of the same or a variety as well...whatever works for the sender!

Hi-

I would prefer four different ones, but will be happy with any, as long as you're sure it's correctly named.

I could use a good orange, along the lines of Orange Slices, but really don't need any yellows. I'm not partial to pinks, so only have a few of those, so if you have a pretty pink that would be fine. Any age will be fine, from historics to newer ones.

Neil

I love purples, and BRIGHT grab you eye sight from way across the yard colors.

I cannot wait - Mitch

drawing names on Wednesday.......still open to anyone wanting to join in the fun!!!!

Champing at the bit to get my giftee!
Have been ordering iris like crazy just to be sure I have any hue someone could ask for.

well great.....maybe u draw me.........and I'll have a nice selection..;>)..........I"ll be drawing names tomorrow then d-mail you the names of your giftee.... .and will start a new thread after that

My preferences:
I would love SDB's, IB's, TB's and BB's and MTB's. I like intense colors, like intense blue, intense purple. I like bicolors and broken colors but already have Batik and Millenium Falcon. I already have lots of orange irises so don't really need any more. I especially like deep pinkish purple. I like irises that are mixed colors all in one iris as well. I love ruffles and frills.
I am not big on historic iris but if that is all you have, give me the most colorful ones.
Oh yes, I am interested in Arils and Siberians as well.
Really I will enjoy just about anything.

DMac,
It's a good thing that you ordered Earthborn. I have it and love it, but it doesn't increase much for me so I never have enough to trade. After several years I have only 2 or 3 rhizomes, but it really is a beauty. I hope it is more vigorous for you.
Betty

Betty, for us novices, could you please define the abbreviations? I assume TB is tall bearded but that is ALL that I can figure out:

SDB's, IB's, TB's and BB's and MTB's