The first one is gorgeous. I had a huge bed of iris years ago that went wild, I started with purple and kind of copper colored ones and they crossed and the crosses took over the bed. It only took 1 year to start. Maybe that is what happened. I know lilies will revert back to parent so maybe irises are like that also. No matter they are all lovely

If Gillian's irises crossed last year and one of them did produce seed and the seed fell to the ground, then the this year one of the many seeds may germinate in the garden and then would be called a seedling.

Next year the seedling may make it thru the winter and if it does so, then it would continue to grow and may or may not be mature enough to bloom next summer.

But, the following summer it should have a mature enough rhizome to bloom.

Brenda

Nope, no seeds or anything like that. It was a piggyback rhisome I'm sure. It's identical in colouring to one of Chapman's irises.

So I e-mailed Chuck to find out what the mystery TB was, and he says it's something he found growing in his planting of Cinnamon Girl. That solves the mystery since Cinnamon Girl was one I ordered. He doesn't know what it is, or if it's a seedling or a sport.

Just resurrecting this old post to comment on the TB iris in the first picture. It's in its 3rd year and it's the best TB iris I've ever grown. :S It's very large and vigorous and already has 4 fans blooming. It's starting to spread into a nice clump. Most of my modern TBs grow year after year if I'm lucky and rarely bloom at all.

Figures... the no-namer... I do like the look of it though but I don't like not having a name.

LOL, stuff like that happens to me to...the mislabeled ones that I am initially disappointed in end up being my favorites because they are so floriferous or something.

Have you told Chuck how well this TB is doing? He may introduce it if he knows it has the genes to be a great cold zone parent. That is so neat!

Maybe I'll mention it to him in the summer. He's busy working on his inventory and website right now. He hasn't got the TBs done yet which I'm waiting for because I like to punish myself by waiting 4 years for things to bloom.

It is a nice looking iris, there's no reason it couldn't be introduced for its vigour if nothing else.

Gil, i'm sure i've just seen that one somewhere (in a picture, not in person). It looks really familiar. I remember liking the pastel colours and wondering if i should get it for my granddaughter's garden. I'll keep my eyes open and maybe i'll see it again.

Been a long time since I have been on the site and even longer since I have posted. This one caught my eye. I too have many irises who are unidentified this year thanks to magpies and puppies pulling tags out. Probably a few I mixed up years ago. The iris in the first picture looks a lot like one I have called Lullaby Of Spring. It satrted blooming this year for the first time about 5 or 6 days ago. I think it is about 3 years old. It is a fairly tall plant and has about 3 blossoms on each stem. Many of my irises are blooming for the first time this year and I have well over 350, 2 years old and older. Lost a lot this year thanks to all the moisture.:(

Thanks but that isn't it. Mine has tiny burgundy stripes at the top edges of the falls. It's also similar in colours to Easter Lace but the colours are paler.

Anyway Chuck seemed to think it's a seedling so it officially has no name.

This is Lullaby Of Spring taken today June 6 2011

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