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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Historic Tall bearded Iris QUEEN OF MAY

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Attributed to John Salter and in the previous post Peter Barr listed   'Queen of May'  in his 1874 c ollection, so I just h...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

BEARDED IRIS (I. BARBATA), COMMONLY CALLED GERMAN IRIS, Peter Barr.

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'THE GARDEN' 29th AUGUST, 1874. BEARDED IRIS (I. BARBATA), COMMONLY CALLED GERMAN IRIS. My collection of th...
Sunday, July 6, 2014

Tall Bearded Iris PISTACHIO

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Melrose Gardens, Stockton, California. The Connoisseurs Catalog, 1978. PISTACHIO (Ghio '74) Like the meat of the...
Friday, June 27, 2014

IRISES OF THE FUTURE. W.R.Dykes

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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. May 28th, 1921. IRISES OF THE FUTURE. W. R. Dykes IT is never easy to prophesy correctly, even if...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris, LIANNE

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 A New Zealand Bred standard dwarf  iris from the '70's. Standards and falls are are a clean lime-wash apricot colouring ...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Tall Bearded Iris WINTER OLYMPICS

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Winter Olympics is an iris of excellent quality, an absolute classic, and a much deserved multi award winner. A very clean healthy grow...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Iris Evansia, Iris Japonica, Crested Iris, NADA.

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NADA when in bloom it is like a Christmas Tree on steroids, and once it starts it blooms for a very long time, but you can never tire ...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

IRIS FIMBRIATA, THE FRINGED IRIS OF JAPAN, Sir Michael Foster.

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Plate 503, Drawn at Kew, April 1885 THE GARDEN August 1st, 1885. THE FRINGED IRIS OF JAPAN IRIS FIMBRIATA The graceful ...
Monday, June 2, 2014

Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris KNOTTY PINE

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Widely regarded as significant parent 'Knotty Pine' is in the parentage of hundreds of irises. (Used in breeding SDB Plicatas ...