I love that pbf. I have half a dozen with it, and the foliage is very pretty in the garden.

Don't be heartbroken if Decadence is fussy. It's fussy for a lot of people.

The luminatas are weak growers, so give them time.

I'm going to look up your bonus irises!

Renee

Love the purpulicious (is that a word?) foliage! And what beautiful fat and vigorous fans with extensive root systems they all have! Your photos are a great endorsement for the folks at Napa and the quality of what they're selling.
I also like that they have stapled a tag to one of the inner leaves of each fan. I've received shipments with the name of the iris written in magic marker on one of the outer leaves--the first ones to wither away after planting. Leaving me with a NOID, at least until they flower. Which is a reminder to me to get out my copper plant tags and label what I already have!
Kay

My Napa order came last week. 13 rhizomes total.
Got Sorbonne (Keppel 2009) and Edge of Glory(intro) as extras

Second the warning on your luminata's - have both of those and they need special care.

Decadence (and most other Blyth's) has been a strong grower here, my climate is very similar to Barry's

Upper Hand has got to be my latest blooming Iris ever.

my order for grins
ADOREE
BIRTHDAY GIRL
CARNIVAL CAPERS
DRADY
GRAND CLASSIC
MAMBO ITALIANO
MARCHING BAND
MONMARTRE
RAINY RIVER
STAR APPEAL
SPICE TRADER

MY NAPA order came today as well. Big beautiful and some had a new start attached. LOVE them. WOW!
American Classic
Aardvark Lark
Alpine Journey
Chevalier De Malte
Comfortable
Exclusivity
Gracious Curves
Halo Everybody
Winning Edge
Stan Coats~~gift

Chad, ADOREE and DRADY were on my short list, but I got there too late.

Aquawise, you will have to report back on Gracious Curves. I am trying to grow Ringo, but it is a weak grower, and I wonder if Gracious Curves is not a good replacement. Stan Coates! Last night I was wondering just how blue that iris is. I can't wait to see your photos of it.

Sorry for the delay in responding I have been crazy busy in the garden as we are having such nice overcast days. My husband just said it has been years since we had a rainy July, and true it has been.

Renee - Hum... I didn't know this about the luminatas. Thanks for the heads up and the encouragement. I will give them time and hope they do well here. 6 cultivars with PBF wow what are they? I wonder if a hybridizer has ever tried crossing the variegated with the PBF? How awesome would a tri-colored iris be!

Oh so glad you started that other post on "what doesn't grow well for you" I have 2 for sure to put on the list.

Kay - Sure purpulicious can be a word if you want it to be! Besides I like the sound of it. lol

Chad - Thanks for listing what you bought. It is interesting to see others taste in plants. Mambo Italiano & Montmartre are so awesome. I was going to add those along with another 10 or so others to my order but I had so many ordered from every where that I am really ridiculously overwhelmed. (Why oh why do I do this to myself! Just say no Rena'!) lol Just planted Birthday Girl she's so ruffly - can't wait to see it in person.

Aquawise - Aardvark Lark is liked by most of us, Renee ordered it too I believe. And I love Halo Everybody also. And in actuality I love most of Napa's collection. They have great taste! And since we ordered from them I guess that means so do we! lol It is fun to look up everyone's orders! Thanks for sharing your list!

Rena'

Napa also knows how to market- they have good, large photos and a website that is easy to use. I can't see the irises on MidAmerica's new site- and it takes three clicks to get a good sized photo.

The PBF plants I grow are No Count Blues, Rose Teall, Walking On Air, and a few others that I cannot recall offhand.

This was my first time ordering from them. I must say that I was more than pleased. The Postal service sucked!! They mailed the box on Monday and it took till Friday to get here. It sat in the California sorting facilaty for 3 days.
I will order from them again. very pleased with there plants and service.

A PBF varigated iris is Canadian Streaker from Chapman. It's extremely variable.

Oh wow chad I have that one on order. I will go see what I can find on it. I didn't know that it was pbf also. Do you have it? Can you expound on "extremely variable"? I found a list somewhere (?) of variegated iris that I hadn't heard of before and wrote them down. I have the oddest hang up with wanting to get one of every one there is (bearded). lol Have you heard of 'Pink Marble'? I have been trying to find that one for a year now - to no avail. I found a seller that has it but they said it hadn't multiplied enough to sell any of it and they probably wouldn't sell it for at least another 3-4 years. :(

O.K. Chad went and read all I could find. I see what you mean about extremely variable now.

Renee - Thanks for listing the pbf iris that you have.

There is a list of pbf and purple rhizome iris at the link below. I don't know anything about this site to know if it is a good one or not, but I was looking up things about pbf since I didn't know anything about it and found this.

Here is a link that might be useful: pbf iris

If you like the PBF a fun fact is that some set purple seed pods, for example Mind Reader.

Renee - That is great news on the Persian Berry. I'll not give up on it, I'll buy another and put it in a different spot. Thank you!

aseedisapromise - Wow, my mind is boggled at how many pbf iris there are on that list. and the author said that it is "in no way complete!" Awesome I can't wait to see which ones I might have on order from the list. THANK YOU!

chad - That is interesting, hum I've never heard of that. Thank you!!

Rena'

Superstition Iris Gardens sells Pink Marble. They don't have a web site per se, but you can get contact info off of their Webshots picture site: http://community.webshots.com/user/rickt103

Good luck trying to grow it - it's died on me three times :-(

Here is a link that might be useful: Superstition's Webshots page

Thank you Jean! Awesome I will be printing this list.

Also, check out the tri-colored Iris on my other new post
'Tri-colored Iris Quite The Same (In Blue J Order today)'

Rena'