Tall Bearded Iris

My list of Tall Bearded Iris has narrowed considerably.  My parents were hobbyist growers and introduced me to Paul Black and Thomas Johnson of  Mid America Gardens, who taught me how to hybridize.  Between the hundreds of iris I purchased, was given and my own hybrids, I ended up with well over 500 varieties.

Over the last five years, as my iris bloomed I dug up those that didn’t make me gasp and immediately walk over to it.  Here’s the short list of what’s left (well, almost I’ll be editing to add photos as they bloom).

Apollo One

Belle de Nuit

Bewilderbeast

Codicil

Copatonic

Costa Rica

Dark Passion

Goldkist

Gnus Flash

Good Deed

Hollywood Nights

Jumping

Keeping up Appearances

Lenten Prayer

Lovely Dawn

Lovely Jan

Magical Encounter

Orbiter

Pagan Pink

Pink Flamingos

Plum Fun

Rainbow Tour

River Siren

Soul Sister

Spiced Tiger

Thrillseeker

Twilight Blaze

Zepherina

Mom gave me these.  I have their names written on a note that I can’t find at the moment, but as soon as I find it, I’ll label them.

This one is located at the edge of my path.  First one in the row, easy to find!

This one is located in the center of the row.

And a couple of my hybrids:

My apricot hybrid

My lavender hybrid

Another lavender hybrid

*Some of these may be intermediates – please let me know & I’ll change the category.  Until I have more time to update, without your corrections they’ll remain listed as Tall Beardeds for now.