Grannies Bonnets among the Tall bearded Iris

Seems like it stopped raining at home for no more than an Hour, the Aquilegia's are just loving it but the Irises are not so keen with the constant rain. I'm so glad I am just judging Irises this week-end and not showing. Photo credit and copyright Iris Hunter...

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Tall Bearded Historic Iris "GLACIER "

Many white irises are now on show, but so many damaged by the rain and with more rains to come this is not going to be a great bloom season for the early varieties. Despite the weather 'Glacier' a French raised variety has managed to keep its head up, and a variety taller than most, is liked a lot. 47 years old and I have always considered 'Glacier' to be a significant transitional iris from the classic form to the more modern form of white Iris blooms. It does however slowly revert back to the older form the older the blooms become.AIS...

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Tall Bearded Historic Iris "LOS ANGELES "

The heirloom iris 'Los Angeles' flowering in the rain at home today, its the sibling to the Dykes Medal winning plicata 'San Francisco' but a much better grower, and sure is a sight to behold.Robert Wayman Bayside, New York. Catalog for 1930-31  LOS ANGELES (Mohr-1927) This new giant "plicata" bloomed for the first time in my garden in 1929. $10.00 each Quality Gardens, Iris, Freeport, Illinois. Iris 1933 Foreword, 'A little gossip about Iris'. The curious and interesting part of it is the fact that the buying public, the rank...

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2010 Bearded Iris Calendar.

.."Great Christmas Gift"Not one of those small desktop calendars for a big price, its a large calendar for a very reasonable price. Folds out to A3 size which is 297mm × 420m or 11.7'' × 16.5''$19.50 (NZD) plus $2.00 postage and packing for New Zealand customers or $4.00 for overseas postage.ContactWendy BegbieAmazing Iris Garden292 Busby Road,RD1 KATIKATINEW ZEALANDPhone 07-549-2429.Email wendy@irisgarden.co.nzWeb Site http://irisgarden.co.nz/index.html***...

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Iris germanica

. . Pictured above flowering at home today I. germanica var. vulgaris, an historic garden variety, and is a Natural Hybrid, recorded as been cultivated in gardens for centuries.HANDBOOK OF GARDEN IRISES W.R.DYKES Published 1924 I. germanica (species Linnaeus 1753)This is no individual variety but an abstraction from a group of varieties which agree in the following characters ; Leaves of some length in winter ; flower stems liable to destruction by frost before the emerge from the leaves ; stems bearing a terminal head of two...

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