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Hiii, my name is Renee, and I am an iris collector...

Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 25, 09 at 18:09

Well, I finally broke down today and ordered some irises. The Schreiner's sale catalog got here today-- what could I do?

Out of all of those spectacular, unbelieveably ruffled, color-washed, laced beauties I picked the following:

1. Feed Back
2. Violet Turner
3. Mariposa Autumn
4. Maria Tormena
5. Tennison Ridge
and oooooooh! not on sale but all of ten bucks!
6. Victoria Falls

I know, I know. My fundamentally conservative superego had me buying all tried-and-true rebloomers.

Sorry the list is so dull. I'm reintroducting blues and violets into my garden this year after an ill-thought out attempt to make all the colors go together last year.

What actually got me to order was the bonus iris: No Count Blues. I had been drooling over Walking on Air,
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/215076/
a Black intro, but this is similar and FREE!

These rebloomers will help make the twelve months of non-stop gardening chores here in Socal worth the effort.

I'll try to post photos of clump shots of any Schreiner's sale irises that I have in the yard over on the gallery side (some may be repeats, sorry).

Renee

Here is a link that might be useful: No Count Blues


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RE: Hiii, my name is Renee, and I am an iris collector...

I just got it a few days ago.I,m still trying to narrow down my selection. Way to many to choose from. I,m trying to plan early and lates so I can extend my season. I still have Superstition in bloom but would love love some other late bloomers to go with it.


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RE: Hiii, my name is Renee, and I am an iris collector...

Hope to see the photos of the irises you collected.


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