Plantidote of the Day 2011-06-03
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Iris
If his yard is any indication, Correntian Eureka Springs is one lucky guy. He has a garden filled with irises from the previous owner, who must have been a serious iris lover. Example: The spectacular, rare red flowers above:
That iris was in my yard when I bought the house (I have many hundreds in a zillion colors).... it's really more of a brown than red... fabulous indeed. nearly breathtaking in person. I have never seen another that shade myself. I'm calling them Shasta. Sort of sarsparilla/root beer color...)
Thanks for another great Plantidote, ES! Beautiful job!!
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wow!
My bearded irises are about to open. (Probably ready for viewing in next week's post) The color of this one is phenomenal. I guess you don't know the name of the variety? (Gotta have it!)
My irises are about to open too!
After not doing anything at all last year. There seem to be many colors, and one is spectacularly tall, but that's an amazing red!
I think I've mentioned before
that a neighbor was president of a national iris organization. She has some stunning flowers in her yard, but nothing like this. I might take her this image and see if she recognizes it.
If you go to American Iris Society and click on "Photos and Puzzles" there are some amazing slide shows of different varieties, all id'd. I haven't looked at everything, but so far, nothing like this!
house afire ?
Napa Country Iris Garden has a zillion iris and a great photo catalogue on their web site. I had to look and see if they had a red iris. My eyes never saw a red iris like this.
Must have , now.
I didn't see it. Some were similar.
Maybe you ought to send them a photo of this and see if they can identify.
Must. Have. Now.
I hear you, insanely!
I'm not even an iris person and I'd love love love to have this flower.
The other one I'd like is a deep purple version my neighbor has -- it smells absolutely heavenly, very fresh and rich, but not sweet/flowery.
I'm going to go lose myself in the Napa Iris Garden catalog (yummmmm!)... this may take a while! btw, thanks for that awesome link and great idea to see if they can id this one. If I hear back, I'll update the story.
website for Napnapaia iris
Their site is:
napairis.com
The garden is open to public in bloom season.
(April May) You can walk amongst the zillions and choose and order what you want. They ship later summer. You get a rhizome.
Fabulous...but after seeing them all...it is impossible to choose.
Jane:
why did you have to post a link to that catalog? Now I'm going to have to spend even more money on irises!
Eureka did say it was more brown than red. Photos can be deceiving. Take a picture of the same subject at different times of day, the color changes.... No matter, it's a beautiful flower.