For the love of Irises part 3

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When I first moved here nearly ten years ago, I had very little money and did not inherit much from the previous tenants, in the way of plants. |I brought with me a few plants that I had on my allotment, but not much to start a garden with.

I sent off for a pack of 6 assorted bearded Irises and had to wait for them to bloom for three years. In the mean time I saw this advert for named irises in a magazine and so sent off for that.
Some took two years to bloom and to this day I have not seen them all bloom.

They are from top, Wabash, Tuscany, Sultan’s Palace, Purple, Night Owl, Mauve, Immortality, Rajah and Autumn Encore. Wabash & Rajah are border bearded & they were in the first lot from J Parker, together with Tuscany, Sultan’s Palace, Purple & Mauve, the last two just go by colour as I was unable to find names for them.
Night Owl, Immortality & Autumn Encore were in the group of named plants , which were supposed to be good value for money, but were no such thing.

• 24 Dec, 2013
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