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[bitterlawngnome]

Irises from the garden, 2025. "NOID" means "no ID", that is to say, I don't know their names. The noids in this group are all three in the street island garden and were there when I inherited it; the one identified as 'Benton Deirdre' is tentative - I decided it is that based on a combination of appearance and the recent trendiness of the Benton irises. The unnamed Pacific Coast hybrid was a random seedling child of random seedlings. The name and date in brackets is the breeder and the date of the cultivar's registration or introduction to commerce.

Iris Miniature Tall Bearded 'In My Veins' (Charles Bunnell, 2008) 4957
©Bill Pusztai 2025

Iris Pacific Coast hybrid 4919.
©Bill Pusztai 2025

Iris Standard Dwarf Bearded 'Dragon's Den' (Chuck Chapman, 2002) 5231
©Bill Pusztai 2025

Iris Standard Dwarf Bearded 'Dragon's Den' (Chuck Chapman, 2002) 5335
©Bill Pusztai 2025

Iris Standard Dwarf Bearded 'Eramosa OJ' (Chuck Chapman, 2014) 9093
©Bill Pusztai 2025

Iris Standard Dwarf Bearded 'Eramosa OJ' (Chuck Chapman, 2014) 9119
©Bill Pusztai 2025

Iris Tall Bearded Benton 'Deirdre' (Sir Cedric Morris, R. 1946) 1472
©Bill Pusztai 2025

Iris Tall Bearded noid blue 1460
©Bill Pusztai 2025

Iris Tall Bearded noid blue
©Bill Pusztai 2025

Iris Tall Bearded noid variegata 4361
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Iris Tall Bearded 'War Chief' (Schreiner 1992) 4168
©Bill Pusztai 2025

Iris Tall Bearded 'War Chief' (Schreiner, 1992) 4230
©Bill Pusztai 2025

Comments

[cmcmck]

Stunning!

[bitterlawngnome]

Thanks!

[otter]

I have blue bearded iris NOIDS in my garden, that came from my sister's, that came from my mother's, that came from my grandparent's garden.

[bitterlawngnome]

Lovely to have that kind of continuity eh?

[otter]

For me, it really is. My grandparents' garden fed our family for decades. My childhood visits always included time in the garden. One early morning, grandma let me go outside in my pajamas and bare feet and showed me how to collect portulaca (moss rose) seeds.

[bitterlawngnome]

Similar - one of my earliest memories is of my grandma getting dill seeds from one of her friends and then showing me how to plant it.

[otter]

<3

[lauradi7dw]

Pretty pretty. I clearly have preconceived notions about what colors irises can be. I scrolled along, then hit the dragon's beard ones. "Whoa!" out loud. (I live alone. I still talk aloud in the house sometimes).

[bitterlawngnome]

Here is a gallery of species (wild) irises - you may find more interesting surprises!
https://wiki.irises.org/Ird/IrdIris#ImageGallery

Dragon's Den probably has quite a lot of https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecPumila in it.