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Fermi

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Re: Iris
« Reply #60 on: October 08, 2013, 07:53:11 AM »
The PCI (Pacific Coast iris), (Dwarf Bearded Iris) and Dutch Iris are now in full bloom!
PCI Sahara Sands
PCI Big money
PCI seedling -from seed from Diane Whitehead, Canada,
DBI Kiwi Slices
DBI Cat's Eye
DBI Hussy
Dutch iris -maybe Professor Blauw
Dutch iris - white (lost label!)
Iris xiphium grown from seed from SRGC Seedex -collected by Rafa in Spain
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Alisdair

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Re: Iris
« Reply #61 on: October 08, 2013, 08:55:53 AM »
Terrific, Fermi; thanks!!
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Alisdair Aird
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Fermi

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Re: Iris
« Reply #62 on: October 17, 2013, 07:33:40 AM »
Some more iris in our garden
Iris filifolia
Iris schachtii (might not be correct names for these two)
MBI (Median Bearded = Intermediate Bearded) Arianna
MBI Aqua Taj
unknown MBI
DBI Clang
DBI Acid Test
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Alisdair

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Re: Iris
« Reply #63 on: October 17, 2013, 07:45:24 AM »
That "unknown" purple bearded is spectacular, Fermi! And very encouraging for me to see your lovely Iris filifolia - as I've got a pot of tiny grasslike seedlings of that. One day....
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Fermi

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Re: Iris
« Reply #64 on: November 05, 2013, 07:06:59 AM »
More iris in our garden,
some of the "old fashioned" Tall Bearded iris;
a blue Siberian Iris
a brown "Dutch Iris" - Thunderbolt
a purple Louisiana Iris
a pink/red La Iris
Iris orientalis
Iris 'Holden Clough' - a pseudacorus hybrid
TBI 'Barbara My Love'
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DebbieTeashon

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Re: Iris
« Reply #65 on: November 05, 2013, 10:08:37 PM »
I grew Iris 'Bucharica' for the first time this year. Loved the fan-shaped foliage and the wonderful cream and lemon-yellow blossoms. I also am trialing the tiny Iris suaveolens (only one image here) with creamy white flowers.

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Daisy

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Re: Iris
« Reply #66 on: November 06, 2013, 06:16:39 AM »
I am really enjoying all of these iris photos. Thank-you Fermi and Debbie.
Fermi, I am surprised to see Iris sibirica amongst your photos.
Is it really happy in a mediterranean climate?
Daisy :)
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Fermi

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Re: Iris
« Reply #67 on: November 06, 2013, 12:03:08 PM »
Quote from: Daisy on November 06, 2013, 06:16:39 AM
I am really enjoying all of these iris photos. Thank-you Fermi and Debbie.
Fermi, I am surprised to see Iris sibirica amongst your photos.
Is it really happy in a mediterranean climate?
Daisy :)
Hi Daisy,
We can grow a few Iris siberica hybrids here - they tend to need a bit more water than bearded types but not as much as the Louisiana types. We don't have much luck with species that need cooler conditions like Iris cristata,
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Re: Iris
« Reply #68 on: November 07, 2013, 07:40:44 AM »
This one definitely needs more water - we grow it submerged in a water pot, Iris laevigata "Variegata"
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Re: Iris
« Reply #69 on: December 06, 2013, 07:43:35 AM »
Spuria Iris, especially the hybrids, do well in our garden - we plant them where they get more water than the Bearded sorts,
Firstly one of the species - Iris halophila
'Clara Ellen'
'Barleycorn'
'Intensity'
maybe 'Golden Candle'
'Fergie's Poetry'

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Re: Iris
« Reply #70 on: December 24, 2013, 02:29:02 PM »
Here's a water iris with a difference, it's a cross between Iris pseudoacorus and Iris ensata, called 'Kimboshi'
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Alisdair

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Re: Iris
« Reply #71 on: January 09, 2014, 07:17:02 PM »
Some wonderfully varied Spurias there, Fermi: Fergie's Poetry is gorgeous, splendidly colourful without being at all garish.
But the Kimboshi picture doesn't seem to have come through! Sounds intriguing....
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Re: Iris
« Reply #72 on: January 12, 2014, 01:36:38 PM »
Sorry, Alisdair,
I think I was having trouble uploading the pics at the time and was going to try later - then forgot!
Pics now added to my original post,
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Re: Iris 'Kimboshi'
« Reply #73 on: January 12, 2014, 06:35:22 PM »
Wow, what a lush creature! Thanks for adding the pics....
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Alisdair Aird
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Re: Iris Unguicularis
« Reply #74 on: January 17, 2014, 07:24:01 PM »
These stopped me in my tracks to day. I've never seen such a huge clump before.
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