Garden Photos of '09.... #16

New dwarf iris
Names of the first colage
clockwise from left
Widini
Stripe Three
NOidea
Overcast

Banded Tiger
Ballistic
Aurora Sea

Those are great choice's Jo Ann!! Love the purple one middle of the top row.and the dark one middle bottom row.

These are my dwarfs, no pictures just descriptions.

'WHAT AGAIN' (ENSMINGER '91) SDB 10"TALL STANDARDS A BEAUTIFUL WISTERIA BLUE. FALLS YELLOW/BROWN WITH GORGEOUS WISTERIA BLUE BEARDS

'BUSTER'- IS A STUNNING LITTLE 14" DWARF IRIS BY BLYTH FROM AUSTRALIA. MAHOGANY STANDARDS WITH LEMON CREAM FALLS WITH A BURGUNDY BLACK EDGE, AND LAVENDER BEARDS

'MARIPOSA WIZARD' (TASCO'04) INTERMEDIATE 22" TALL GORGEOUS WISTERIA BLUE STANDARDS. FALLS A DARK VIOLET BLUE WITH VIOLET BLUE BEARDS

'SPARKS FLY' (BLACK'00) SDB 13" TALL STANDARDS ARE A GORGEOUS CINNAMON ROSE WITH FALLS OF PLUSH RED BROWN. SET OFF BY SOFT LAVENDER BEARDS

'WIZARD OF HOPE' (CHAPMAN '01) SDB 14" TALL STANDARDS ARE A GORGEOUS VIOLET. FALLS TAN WITH VIOLET STREAKING AND EDGING. BEAUTIFUL VIOLET BEARDS

ABBA ALIAS ABBA-This 13'' dwarf beardd iris has hyacinth blue tops and mimosa blue falls. The beards are blue,

BIG BLUE EYES-This 14'' standard dwarf iris is icy white with a large medium blue spot on the falls. The beards are pale lavender and this ruffled, fragrant iris

BOO-This cutie is a 12''standard dwarf bearded iris. It is white with a distint blue mark and creamy yellow beards.

CAT'S EYE (BLACK '02) SDB 14" TALL STANDARDS BEAUTIFUL MAUVE ROSE. FALLS BOAST BIG VIBRANT RED EYE RIMMED MAUVE ROSE

FLIRTY (BLYTH'05) SDB 12" PEACH TO APRICOT PINK. BEARDS BURNT TANGERINE WITH A LAVENDER END

These are my new TBI for the "BLUE" bed:
* NORTHERN MIST TB fragrant tall bearded iris is pure white with lovely blue edging on the falls and yellow beards.

Joyful Skies" TB Standards and Falls– light blue self.,Beards – white, gold in throat. Blooms – Early to Mid Season on 36” Stems

"Keiko’s World" TB Standards – Ruffled dark blue. Falls – Small whitish stripe at tip of beard. Beards – Light Blue.
Blooms – Mid Season on 36” Stems.

Wow...... Pix, you're organized!!! that's awesome.

Thanks folks! I agree, that anemone has very quicly risen to near the top of my list of prettiest flowers! In order to stay there, it will need to make it through a winter though. I think it will. I sure hope so anyhow.

Not organized RC, just copy and paste from the selllers description. I 'll never remember what they look like by July-Aug. when they are shipped and ready to be planted! lol

Few!!!! that makes me feel much better :-p lol

I love that middle top one, Patti
Doing the blue thing this year huh, Celeste?

Have to have blue.....just have to!

lol.... Good Jen... I'm happy to get the wonders of them more well known. My one suggestion is to buy them on sight if possible. They're usually grown from seed and there's definitely variations in the color of that one ranging from slate grey (which I still like), to blueish purple, to purple. I ended up picking up 4 or them this spring (the price was excellent - $2.29/4" cont. ) and they're all different shades. Then one up above is the lightest one and the one in Post #6487555 is the darkest. However, I only found one nursery in my area that carried them this year, and there's a lot of nurseries here! If you have the patience for seeds, you're bound to get at least a few of the color that you want in every packet. I'm told that as far as seed go, they're pretty easy.

tulip patch colored up a little better... now just soggy from the rain

more birdie shots from today

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Aurorea Sea is extra appealing to me.

THat Grosbeak is so cool!

I got another daylily order. This one is from Sunset Meadows. Here is how they were out of the box. Looked green and happy to me.

I did what they suggested and soaked them with a half a teaspoon of water soluble fertilizer. I got them planted today,in a temporary spot. They were all double fans - I got a bonus of Beautiful Edgings. So excited!
Here are the others names
Cheyenne Clouds - (my yougest dd is Cheyenne)
Patrician Splendor - (My mom's name is Patricia and sheloves pink flowers)
Diane Joiner - (My late MIL's name is Diane)
Siloam Meredith Atkinson - don't think I need to explain that one ;)
Lake Norman Sunset -because I lovethe pictures I've seen of it! : )

Beautiful pics, everyone! I have a hard time keeping up here. I have many pics to post, but haven't had time to do it. Hoping maybe tomorrow night. Tomorrow I'm going to Tower Hill Botanic Gardens in Boyston, MA, where the Primrose Society is having a show, and we may go to Garden in the Woods in Framingham as well, if time permits. We will see how much time we end up spending at Tower Hill.

Karen

Sounds like a very nice Day!

I have a few more dwarfs blooming.

Here's Snugglebug

and 'Ultimate'

fun menu board, Patti!

Nice lilies Meredith.

Dyane.... love that snuggle bug. Happy to have the name of it too. One of the beds in the back yard is mostly reds and browns. That's a perfect match.

Wow, there are some beautiful gardens in this forum. Such a nice show!

Patti, how tall are your Luecojums? I planted a variety last fall called "Gravetye Giant", supposed to be 24" with 1" bells. They came up barely 8" with tiny bells like Hispanoids

Thanks Redchic :) I just realized that I thought I was on the What have you ordered for spring thread when I posted that! Sorry everyone.

lol... Wherever you're at, there you are! Just because you thought you were somewhere else, doesn't mean that this is the wrong thread to post pictures of plants! And now we all know that Sunset Meadows sends nice plants!

I found a few things going on today in Eugene.

azalea

redbud

a tiny forest pansy leaf

weeping crabapple weeping florets.

I love the new growth on this tree!

another azalea

and the last, a rhody.

I wish my rhody would bloom. Its red and as we worked it out a month ago RC ,I believe Vulcan.
Dyane! do you have long shots of your Dwarf Iris beds?

my pink azalea are are almost fully open too.... hopefully no rain sometime today and I can take some shots

RC at first I thought that crabapple shot had snow on it...

Great photos, all! Trying to catch up.

some tulips and a bear

Love seeing the dwarf Iris. I have some, but no blooming yet. Mine seem to start around the middle of the month. I have a little group that need to be matched with their tags. Had a big mix up when I planted them in a holding bed a few years back with poor tags that the dogs displaced. I moved them all to another bed and as they bloom I try to match them. I think I can see that I can have some helpers on this thread.

stormyla. The have gotten taller this week, maybe 15".

Like victor, I am trying to catch up as the last couple of days has been a whirlwind of planting between the rain. If it stops and DH has any energy to help, we can finish up the the shrub planting today and I will sort of be caught up. He has been playing in a charity hockey tournament with the final game just done. They came in third. I am cold from watching it. Here is an early morning shot taken before the rain started. I Patti

forgot the picture.






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Thanks, Patti.

Photo that I forgot to post

luvly pics. Nice to see the iris coming on strong. redchic cut volunteer in the dogpen. A few from yesterday.
anemone blanda

Here is a cherry bunch. The tall one is El Niño which I think is a great tulip. Patti

crocus 'Advance'

crocus 'Striped Beauty'. My fav yesterday.