TB, IB, BB, AB: Calling all weird iris

> that keepable, color so much like others I have.   GREEN AND GIFTED is really 
> weird, don't know if that's a keeper either.   CRANBERRY ICE has one more 
> worst one being TINK which looks like it would've been stunning colors.   
> Almost no standards left, some falls...augh!    (That one an IB)

OK, anyone who has weird irises, with colours they don't like, can
send them to me, and in return I will ship you a more conventionally
coloured iris :-)  There are LOTS of those.  I go in for COLOUR: the 
weirder the better; the more colours per bloom the better; in the catalogs 
I go for S. and F. different colours; blazes, washes, blends, flushes, 
infusions, you name it.  If the iris says "unusual," "different," "unique 
colour," "edged," "alone in its colour class," "strange," distinct(ive),"  
"rayed" or "odd," it automatically goes up on my priority list :-).  That said,
I don't necessarily care for streaked iris unless other than white streaking; 
a yellow iris streaked blue would be good :-).  I also am not fond of horned 
space agers but LOVE flounced ones and ones which can throw extra petaloids.

Every once in a while I go for the self-coloured iris, but I like
them to be a beautiful colour, with sheen and glitter, ruffled
or laced, and of strong substance, to distinguish themselves in my garden.
Rebloom, size, fragrance, or early/late bloom also help.

I know that in a few years Murphy's law dictates that I will crave all pastel 
and self irises , but I'll just have to handle that when I get to it.

--Amy
(PS:  I've been told that in zone 8 humid Texas (heat zone not looked
up; Sunset zone 30, which is unique to Central Texas), that I *might*
be able to grow IB and BBs.  Your advice on this would be appreciated.
We get enough chill requirement to regularly set peaches and kill back
tropicals; apples, too, but no way on any kind of cherry.  Tulips
don't come back, but several types of daffodils do, while amaryllis
are grown in the ground.  I get the occasional herbaceous peony 
bloom and the Japanese maples fan themselves and grow slowly.  
Is that descriptive enough of winter conditions?  I would assume that
summer heat would not affect rot in IB/BBs more than in
TBs and ABs.)

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