Hallson Gardens

As far as I know my iris is really 'Mulberry Rose'. If you visit the Schreiner Iris Tribute on the Brighton Park Iris web site my picture seems to match what they have listed. http://www.brightonparkiris.com/mulberryrose.html Brighton Park Iris also includes a 1954 catalog description of Mulberry Ro...

The last of the spuria iris blooms has finished and one of my favorites of the season was 'Missouri Iron Ore' (Niswonger, 1997). Sorry for the string tags in the picture--hubby was playing with pollen this year.

This is an older iris but I like the unusual color pattern. I dislike this iris combined with the yellow irises in the background. What other perennials can I combine with MB? My only thought would be some dark heuchera in the foreground, but heuchera don't get very tall. Ideas anyone?

I think the name is actually 'Superstition' (Schreiners, 1977). Our club had it's annual iris show last weekend and a nice stalk of this variety took Best In Show.

Thanks Karma! I kept thinking of Keppel irises but none that quite matched. I think you're right! Unless someone else has any other suggestions, that's what I'm tagging it.

Hopefully this will be an easy iris to I.D. It was supposed to be 'Celebration Song' but it is clearly not that iris! Anyone recognize this one?

Siberians in our garden just started this weekend with 'China Spring', which is a tall early bloomer (I'm guessing because of the typhifolia in its background). Tons of buds on the other Sibs and with today's warm weather it won't be long until they all open. Tall bearded have begun, too.

One more for tonight... RUBY SLIPPERS (Keith Keppel, R. 2002) Sdlg. 97-47D. IB, 22" (56 cm), M S. burgundy (M&P 56-J-1); style arms blended liver brown (7-H-9); F. velvety burgundy red black (darker than 56-L-5); beards solid orange red (2-B-12). 94-10D: (91-43H: (Candy Floss sib x Orange Tiger) x 9...

Wow! I bet a clump of that would be absolutely stunning.

This is another one with unusual color, taken in a friend's garden. Don Sorensen is a Michigan hybridizer. DESERT BOUQUET (Donald Sorensen, R. 2000) Sdlg. S-98-11-1. IB, 26" (66 cm), EML S. tannish olive (RHS 160C), flushed light orchid; style arms mineral violet (84D); F. hazy orchid violet (88C), ...

I thought the coloring on this IB was quite unusual. SUNBREAK (Keith Keppel, R. 2005) Sdlg. 97-45K. IB, 27" (69 cm), M S. blended quaker drab (M&P 46-B-2) to plumbago (46-D-6), slight pyrethrum yellow (11-L-2) at base; style arms pale yellow (10-E-1); F. greyed violet-blue (43-E-8/9), center blended...

FALL FESTIVAL

(R. G. Smith, R. 1965) Sdlg. B52AF. BB, 26" (66 cm), E & Re
White ground fancy brushed Nickerson 7.5P 7/7; shoulders with plicata markings 7.5P 5/10. Rundlett E-18-R (Sass F-53-l x Lugano) X (Can-Can x Gibson Girl). Roberts 1966

Can you show us more of the stalk on this seedling? Are there any branches? Estimated bud count? Just curious....

JADE MAID

(J. T. Aitken, R. 1996) Sdlg. 91M43. SDB, 12" (31 cm), M
S. greenish yellow; F. greenish yellow, washed burgundy red; beards frosted blue. Jade Jewels X unknown. Aitken's Salmon Creek 1996, HM 1998

Last IB for tonight... SAILOR (Marky Smith, R. 1995) Sdlg. 89-27D. IB, 23" (58 cm), E S. greyed blue violet (RHS 97C), midrib dark violet blue, faint dotting in paler center; style arms greyed blue violet, dark violet blue rib; F. white, 1/2" solid dark violet blue (darker than 94A) rim, 1/4" lighte...

ROZ

(Sterling Innerst, R. 1995) Sdlg. 4169-1. IB, 19" (48 cm), M
S. gold; style arms yellow gold; F. gold, red spot; beards orange. Mariachi Music X Smart. Innerst 1996

OBLIVION (Marky Smith, R. 2002) Sdlg. 98-29B. IB, 25" (64 cm), E S. medium dark violet (RHS 79B), grey luminata veining and wire edge, base yellow; style arms soft yellow (greyer than 1C), greyed violet midrib and crests; F. blacker than plum purple (darker than 79A), without rim or veining, bright...

GOOSE BUMPS (Paul Black, R. 2000) Sdlg. D141A. IB, 25" (64 cm), EM S. sandalwood, midrib flushed plum; style arms buff tan; F. white ground, central area washed red purple except around beard, maroon haft and narrow marginal band; beards old gold, dark violet at end; ruffled; pronounced sweet fragr...

DUDE (Keith Keppel, R. 2002) Sdlg. 96-6C. IB, 26" (66 cm), EM S. buckthorn brown (M&P 13-L-7/8), center flushed mauve (46-H-5); style arms brassy yellow (near 11-C-6); F. ground intense lemon gold (brighter, darker than 9-L-4), heavily overlaid warm tan (7-H-10) to brazil brown (8-L-8); beards dark...

DELIRIUM (Marky Smith, R. 1999) Sdlg. 95-27W. IB, 27" (69 cm), EM S. smoked gold (greyer than RHS 162A); style arms cream rib, gold crests; F. greyed gold rim and veins, dark red violet (greyer than 187A) overlay, hafts gold to smoked salmon around beard; beards greyed orange (170) at end, vermilio...