Re: Can Anyone Identify This Iris

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We still have maybe over a foot of snow on the north side of fences, but with warmer temps next week I expect that it will all go.  

Oh what joy it will be to walk in the garden again...

Thanks again. 

Stay safe all. 

  

Jim,

The three irises you named are older hybrids. Your photos look like a more recent hybrid. A more recent hybrid for example: Swans In Flight (2006) flowers have a more similar form to your photo. I'm not saying your photo is Swans In Flight, but the iris in your photo is probably a more recent Iris.

Just my opinion from looking up lots of irises over the years.

http://wiki.irises.org/Sib/SibSwansInFlight

White Swirl shows up in two different ancestors of Swans In Flight, a parent of Pink Haze and grand parent and great grandparent of Springs Brook.

Snow is finally completely gone on my garden today, but it's too wet to walk on.

Dan  zone 3, NW ON, Canada

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On 2020-04-09 8:07 p.m., Jim Sullivan g*@sasktel.net [iris-species] wrote:
> > > I have come to think it must be either ‘White Swirl’, or ‘Snow > Queen’, or ‘Fourfold White’. It would appear to me that there are a > lot of imposters out there judging from the photos posted on various > sites on the internet. Also, it looks like it is probably a > selection of Iris sanguinea or a hybrid of that species and Iris > siberica. I stand to be corrected, however as I don’t have access to > a checklist? > > Jim in Saskatoon >> On Apr 8, 2020, at 7:36 PM, Jim Sullivan >> g*@sasktel.net g*@sasktel.net >> [iris-species] i*@yahoogroups.com> i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote: >> >> >> Just a beautiful plant with large blooms. Is it a siberian iris >> hybrid or species or?? It has been passed around to a few people >> now, but it would be nice to put a name to it if possible. Jim in >> Saskatoon, Saskatchewan