A Few More Irises In Bloom. 5.18.19

Padded Shoulders.  5.18.19

Pink Attraction.  5.18.19

Owyhee Desert.  5.18.19

A few more bearded iris varieties have bloomed in the test garden. "Padded Shoulders" is a newer modern type, very attractive.  Looking at photos of this cultivar, I had some buyers' remorse because I didn't think it would look that good.  Now that I've seen it in my garden, I like it much more.  The coloration and pattern are unusual, and it's a very nice flower.

I added another photo of "Owyhee Desert".  It's a smaller variety, should be at the front of a border.  Even though it's small, this coloration and pattern make it among the nicest.

"Pink Attraction" doesn't look like much.  Holding judgement.

"Immortality" was in my old yard, survived moving here, but suffered when I had a leaf spot epidemic.  I moved it to the woodlot edge and forgot it.  After moving it back to the test garden, it's doing very well. This is just the first bud, of many, to open.  "Immortality" was registered in 1982, developed by Zurbrigg, so at more than 30 years old counts as a "historic iris".  It has the late 20th century flower shape, and is considered a good re-bloomer.  The stems are not as tall as some modern cultivars, but that might be an advantage in a climate like this one where rains can tip over the heavy flowers.  That happened in my garden with the cultivar "Red Dirt Road".

Of these, all but "Immortality" were from Schreiner's Irises.  I've had "Immortality" for so long, I forgot where it came from.

Immortality.  5.18.19 

Irises Today. 5.15.19

Most of these are the same as other recent photos, but it wasn't raining today and I have a better camera this time.

Iris bed.  5.15.19

Mostly, Iris "Golden Caterpillar Climbs Snowy Mountain".  5.15.19

Iris Helen Collingwood.  5.15.19  Variety created in 1949 by Smith.

Iris Honorabile.  5.15.19  Variety created in 1840 by Lémon

Iris Loreley.  5.15.19  Variety created about 1909 or before, by Max Goos & August Koenemann

Iris Alcazar.  5.15.19.  Variety created by Phillippe de Vilmorin in Paris, France. It first bloomed in 1905.

Iris "Pay To Win"  5.15.19  Variety created by Hager in 2002.

Iris "Red Dirt Road".  5.15.19.   Variety created by Schriener in 2013.

Iris "Red Dirt Road".  5.15.19

Iris "Sunny Disposition".  5.15.19  Created by by Zurbrigg in 1989.

Historic Irises.  5.15.19

Mislabeled Iris.  Maybe Kinkajou Shrew.  5.15.19

Irises Today. 5.14.19

Bearded Iris "Before the Storm"  5.14.19

It's been raining for more than a day, so most of the current iris flowers are somewhat less than perfect.  Still, it was nice to re-identify a couple of the rescued cultivars that had lost their labels, and see what a new one looked like.

There are several dark dark blues, which correspond to the original cultivar that I had of "Before the Storm".  These held up nicely in this rain.

The variety "Cheetah Cheez" is a variegated (broken color) with a predominance of yellow and orange.  Mine came out with mostly purple-ish colors.  I don't know what variety this really is.

Bearded Iris NOT "Cheetah Cheese".  5.14.19

 Allowing for thefact that iris colors often look bluer in photos and online, than in person, this may be the variety "Kinkajou Shrew".  Or not.

Bearded Iris "Red Dirt Road"/  5.14.19

 The very tall, brick red iris is "Red Dirt Road"  Nice size and the color is nice.

I was able to re-identify the variety "Sunny Disposition", which I've had for almost 20 years. 

I was looking at photos of "Zin City" online, and starting to regret buying it.  It's in a smaller size class, but the color and flower are very nice, especially in person. 

If I can get some photos tomorrow in better light and better camera, I'll give it a try.  These are not as vibrant as the flowers are in person.

Bearded Iris "Sunny Disposition".  5.14.19

Bearded Iris "Zin City'.  5.14.19