2024 Rhizome Sale Photos

Sale opens at 9:00 am on Saturday September 21, 2024 and closes at Noon.

All iris are $10.00 per rhizome.

Initial photos posted 9/6/2024 - there may be more as members submit their lists.
These will be posted and noted as received. Check back often to check for additions and deletions.

Last updated: 9/16/2024 17:27

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN PAST THE Update History and Iris Definitions TO SEE THE PHOTOS.

Update History:
9/7/24 Added TB Greatest Showman
TB Gypsy Lord
TB One Wild Child
TB Reality Check

9/8/24 Added LA Full Eclipse
LA Majestic Velvet
SPEC John Wood
SPEC-X Alabama Blue Fin (pseudata)
SPEC-X Furui Shiro (pseudata)
SPEC-X Pixie Won (pseudata)
SPEC-X Ryu No Kanmuri (pseudata)
SPEC-X Ryugan (pseudata)
SPEC-X Tsukiyono (pseudata)
JI Coho
JI First Act
JI Silverback
AB Sailing at Dawn
IB Mescalero
IB Rimaround
MTB Speckled Spring
TB arctic chill
TB Awesome Alex
TB Black Magic Woman
TB Fire And Ice
TB Happenstance
TB Immortality
TB Irresistible Charm
TB Justa Musta
TB Kathy Chilton
TB Lilac Morning
TB Molokini
TB North Rim
TB Queen's Robe
TB Rasputin
TB Slovak Prince
TB Wishes Granted

Deleted TB Pacific Panorama

9/9/24 Added TB Blow Your Horn
TB Modern Madness
TB More Please
TB Ring Pop

9/11/24 Added LA Avelline
LA Empress Josephine
LA English Turn
LA Noid J5
LA Noid J8
LA Noid J10B
LA Noid J12
LA Noid J13
LA Judy Cole
LA Little Woods
LA Marjorie Gilman
LA Michigan In Dallas
LA Migrant Home
LA Pamela Geis
LA Pink Poetry
LA Watermelon Wizard
LA When Pigs Fly

9/13/24 Correction NOID K2 is a pseudata, not a Louisiana
Photo was wrong.
Added TB Double Ringer
LA Swirling Waters
Deleted LA Pamela Geis

9/15/24 Added TB Echo Location

9/16/24 Added TB Aline
BB Sierra Sunrise
Spec-X Dolce

BEARDED IRIS definitions

TB = Tall Bearded - over 27.5 " high at top of bloom stalk

MEDIAN BEARDED IRISES

BB = Border Bearded - 16" - 27.5" - Resemble TBs but reduced in all parts - bloom with the TBs

MTB = Miniature Tall Bearded - 16" - 27.5" - delicately formed blooms on thinner stalks - bloom before the TBs

IB = Intermediate Bearded - 16" - 27.5" - Smaller plants - bloom between the SDBs and the TBs

SDB = Standard Dwarf Bearded - 8" - 16" - great for small areas - bloom early - compact clumps

MDB = Miniature Dwarf Bearded - less than 8" - very eary blooming, very small and cute, need some shade in Texas

ARILBRED IRISES

AB= Arilbred - bloom early - iris with biblical ties - quarterbreds and halfbreds grow similar to TBs and Medians.

OGB-, RB-, OB- - "quarterbreds" - easy to grow right in with your other bearded iris
OGB, RB, OB - "halfbreds" - most are grown like other beardeb iris, enjoy reduced moisture, can go dormant in summer.
OGB+, OB+, RB+ - "3/4breds - for experienced arilbred growers only, very porous soil, no water during summer dormancy.

BEARDLESS IRIS definitions

JI- Japanese - large flowered - most have flat or semi flat form - need moist soil, bloom after TBs

LA = Louisiana - tall, water loving irises, bloom late

SPU = Spuria - tall,look like dutch iris on steroids. NOT water plants.

There are others that do not fall in either of these categories

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BEARDLESS IRIS IN THE SALE

ENSATA (Japanese) - large flowered - most have flat or semi flat form - 3 to 12+ falls, need moist soil, bloom after TBs

SPECIES - Beardless

SPECIES iris are those found in nature. Some are collected and registered with names.

SPECIES-X - Beardless

SPEC-X iris are crosses where at least 1 parent is a species iris and different from the other parent.

PSEUDATA - cross of Pseudacorus and Ensata (Japanese) iris - distinctive "eye" on falls - bloom with late TBs and Japanese.

SPECIES-X - beardless 'Roy Davidson' X Iris versicolor

LOUISIANA - Beardless

LOUISIANA - species and hybrids of the swamp iris that grow in the bayous of Louisiana. They LOVE water and will grow submerged in shallow water.

SPURIA - Beardless

SPURIA - make great accent clumps. Grow like pampas grass, look like Dutch iris on steroids.

BEARDED IRIS IN THE SALE

BORDER BEARDED - 16" - 27.5" - Resemble TBs but reduced in all parts - bloom with the TBs

MINIATURE TALL BEARDED - 16" - 27.5" - delicately formed blooms on thinner stalks - bloom before the TBs

INTERMEDIATE BEARDED - 16" - 27.5" - Smaller plants - bloom between the SDBs and the TBs

STANDARD DWARF BEARDED - 8" - 16" - great for small areas - bloom early, compact clumps

MINIATURE DWARF BEARDED - less than 8" - very eary blooming, very small and cute, need some shade in Texas

ARILBRED - bloom early - iris with biblical ties - quarterbreds and halfbreds grow similar to TBs and Medians
OGB-, RB-, OB- = "quarterbreds" - easy to grow with your other bearded iris

OGB, RB, OB = "halfbreds" - most are grown like other beardeb iris, enjoy reduced moisture, can go dormant in summer.

OGB+, OB+, RB+ = "3/4breds - for experienced arilbred growers only, very porous soil, no water during summer dormancy.