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