4th one is probably Thornbird

Thanks for the ID. I received a few rhizomes of Thornbird last fall from a GW member.

The last one can be Breakers , kind of hard to tell because of the lighting.

I checked Breakers and it does look like it.

Here is a photo I cropped from a group shot.

Thanks Wieslaw.

Oooh- that last one is tough. There are so many like that. Beautiful garden!
Renee

Thanks Renee! May I ask what do you think of my identification on the first three irises?

Iris number 3 looks identical to a freshly opened flower of Helene C. But it is from France. Do you have French Irises over there?

I think that the yellow does indeed look like Joyce Terry, and the pink looks like Beverly Sills. I'm not familiar with the third iris, but I also think the fourth is Thornbird. I'm not very good at this, though.

The last one is very hard. There are hundreds of purple-blue irises that look just like that. It does not have many distinguishing features.

Here are some questions:
Does it have purple-based foliage? (Look at the bottom of the leaves and see if there is a purply-red tinge.) That will give you another clue. How tall is it? How big is the flower, and how many buds do you get on one stalk? When does it start blooming, and does it rebloom? It looks like it has a blue beard- is there any other color in the middle of the flower? Would you describe the real color in the garden as more purple or more blue? And where did you get it- might they have an idea of when it was originally purchased? That could rule out some newer irises, if it was originally purchased in 1988, for instance.

A fun mystery to unravel.
Renee

Hi Wieslaw,

I think French irises are grown here too. I know one French hybridizer and his name is Mons. Cayeux. Maybe some of the experts here will chime in.

The coloration of Helene C. is not the same as the iris I have. Here is a photo taken yesterday.

Thanks,
Lila

Hi Renee,

Thank you so much for your input.

To answer some of the questions:

It doesn't have PBF. I grow Reversi and Loreley and both have PBF. It is quite tall, maybe 38 inches or taller. It's beard is blue and its color is more purple. I took a peek inside of the flower and the 3 thingies has white edges. I got this iris from a trade here at GW and told me they were thinned out from hers and her mother's gardens and were bought from those reputable iris vendors. This is its second year that bloomed for me and didn't see it rebloomed last year. Can't comment on bloom count per stalk, but I know it has a lot and also can't comment on its blooming period.

Thanks again,
Lila

I think that the 5th one is Gypsy Romance. It looks alot like mine. Nice inky purple with a Blue beard that "bleeds" a bit onto the falls.

No Gypsy Romance here, 100% sure. I recognize Gypsy Romance with my eyes closed. Gypsy Romance is reddish purple, this one is violet blue.

They are gorgeous!