Yes I am keeping notes regarding plant habits and
bud count and all the other important things but I do not have enough
time to extrapolate the data to the blog at the moment.
There are about twenty 'Ron Busch Irises blooming at the moment some in
different gardens in different parts of the North Island so gathering
the information and taking photos are the priorities at the moment. The
dots will be joined and filled in later so if you need the bud count, or information of plant health you will have to return at a later date.
I hear some call these photo's glamour shots but I like to think of them
as a method to ID irises and by time I have finished 'The Ron Busch
Collection' will be well documented and after-all that's the end game.
So here is another of Ron Busch 2010 stunning introductions blooming at home today.
2016 New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Cumulative Checklist
IRWELL SIMPLICITY (Ron Busch, R. 2010). Sdlg. 1764-4015. TB, 30" (76
cm), EM. S. white, yellow base; style arms white; F. white, ¾" lavender
margin edged pale lemon, pale lavender spot with texture veining; beards
yellow. Parentage unknown. PBF.
Hardly any iris bloom stalks anywhere at home
just yet, and it feels like it's going to be one of those 'all at
once' iris seasons once nature finally makes its mind up when spring will
start so the irises get an temperature 'go' signal that is
consistent over a few days or weeks not an hour or so like it is currently, and that the
daylight hours change from just a astronomy calculation to
reality. Even with all of these challenges it seems that our garden Tall Bearded Iris season starts these
days with a couple of David Nicoll's 'Early' series Irises.
'Early Beaut' is an unusual colour tone with a pollen parent that
is a well known Southern Hemisphere beauty of Barry Blyth 'Chinese
Empress' that has softened the rather coarse colour tones of its
famous pod parent 'Thornbird'. Double budded with good bud count,
good plant health with strong plant habits.
Richmond Iris Garden, 376 Hill Street, Nelson. Issue #54,
2004-2005 Catalogue. * EARLY
BEAUT - D. Nicoll Early flowering Violet blue standards infused
with green at centre, falls veined violet merging to creamy
mustard edge............................$15.00
2016 New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Cumulative Checklist
EARLY BEAUT D.B. Nicoll, Reg., 2004. Sdlg. D98T12-l. TB, 33″,
(85 cm), VE ; S. light violet blue with a light infusion of
green-gold from the centre midrib; style arms light creamy
mustard with a touch of violet on the lip; F. veined violet
centres merging and fading to light creamy mustard edges, under
surface of central midrib green; beards bright orange; slight
sweet fragrance. Thornbird X Chinese Empress. Richmond Iris
Gardens 2004/05.
