For the love of Irises part 5

You have some wonderful irises lemondog, such beautiful colours, I like them all. I am definitely going to try some of the shorter ones and have really enjoyed your blogs.

Happy New Year to you too.

Thank you Jaykaty, I promise you get hooked, there is no way back, when you buy your first Iris, but it will an exciting journey. I could send you some small plants, if you like, when the time comes, happy gardening.

Oh my, so many gorgeous colours to choose from. Considering you have a small garden, you have packed in some beautiful plants. Lovely to see them on such a drab evening ... :o)

WOW!!!! What a wonderful selection - I've a couple of iris that have in years passed struggled in the back garden - a bit too moist for them. I've given them their last chance in the front garden. If they are a success I'll be giving more a chance.
I'm going to save this to my favourites for reference.
Great set of blogs Lemondog.

and this was well worth the wait. truly stunning pictures too.
thanks for sharing.

Thanks folks, glad you enjoyed it, this is a good time of the year to get caught up with sorting out plants, rewarding too and it lifts the spirits to see such colour and blue skies, I have really enjoyed doing this, cheers everyone.

Oh my word! What a beautiful collection! Oh, Sultans Palace and Mulberry Echo!! Absolutely stunning...but they are all gorgeous!

Glad you like them, a bit of cheer for this time of the year.

Have added this to my favourites. I really do love irises! :))

Glad you like it and that like me you love Irises, roll on spring!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my how did I miss this!!!! wonderful blog Lemondog I really enjoyed it, all your iris are stunning, adding to my faves too. I can feel a new addiction coming on lol ;-)

Just let it flow Simbad, let it flow!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your Iris photos are beautiful and inspired me to join Goy. I have tried 3 times to reply but made a hash of it. Think I have succeeded now.

Thank you Siris and welcome to GOY, we are a friendly bunch and we learn from each other.I am pleased that you liked my blog, I sometimes think that growing beautiful flowers is a bit pointless if it is only I that sees them, so it is very good that others can see their glory too.

I bought Commanche drums and Istanbul from Chaileys last year, have not flowered yet. Hope they turn out like yours. My " bonus" Bronco Down (flowering) is more like the catalogue pic. Two others Anaconda Love and Diva do (new last order, flowering) are not at all what I ordered. The rest of my order won't flower this year - perhaps more disappointment next year! Am in correspondence with above, but am becoming most cynical. I need to get this off my chest. Also reorganise the Iris bed so the tall,tall ones are not in front of the smaller ones.
Grumpy Old Sirus.

I agree with you, I was thinking about them the other day because I have got disappointments again this year, and thought that I have had mistakes from them every year I have bought from them. I had just emailed them about my order from this year and I have told them that the bonus plants do not really make up for the wrong plants. I have been trying to buy sugar magnolia for a few years now, so I wrote and said, although they said it was out of stock again, would they let me know when they had stock in. The wrote back that they had a few and that if I clicked on the out of stock button I could have one this year. Imagine my disappointment when I received my order and the sent a replacement again! They are always generous with their bonus plants and they have always replaced the ones that turned out wrong but that does not make up for it and sometimes they will not have the one you wanted and substitute another. Their prices are the best as is their selection, so I keep buying from them, but shall I in future. I have have had many not flowering the first year, so some times I do not find out that they are wrong until the next year. well Sirus, I think my moan is bigger than yours!!! cheers Lemondog.

Exactly, I thought I was having senior moments! I have only been buying from them for 2 years but it seems to me that they send whatever they have the most of. I have yet to reply to his offer of replacements. One always feels an obligation to order again but I think I will reconsider. I was going to order Sugar Magnolia myself this year, but I think you have first call on any!
I am going to a wedding in Norfolk in June and will visit Woottens Iris fields open day with a view to ordering from them this year. Any experience ? Thank Siris

I would except their offer of replacement plants, I have and I am not buying from them again. As regards Wootten I have only scrooled the Iris pages of their website and I am hoping to go this year as well, it looks good, we will have to taste and see! I have just sold 3 lots of irises on ebay and am feeling very proud of myself. Happy hunting, Lemondog.

Snap, but I have left it too late to order from Woottens, all the ones I was interested in are now out of stock. It's the early bird that gets the worm, so I have just bought 2 from Ebay Stevenoff. Have bought Carnaby from there previously no problems. Have a look at Cayeux, although the postage is expensive.
Thanks Lemondog.

Lemondog, I'm sure it's already been said .. but what a fabulous selection of Iris's. I see this is PART 5! You surely have enough great photos to illustrate your own book ..... ;-)

Thanks for saying that Alanb, I have many many discs of pictures most of which are garden of plants, I love doing it, but I seem to come unstuck in the printing of them, I cannot get the colour right.