Re: ID Confirmation

Dick Smith wrote:
> 
> I'm not entirely sure why neither of my earlier posts generated any
> replies but I'll try again.  Have only been on this list for a month or
> so.
> 
> My wife and I have become very interested in iris over the last few
> years.  We have 17 different small beds planted around the yeard and
> next to the house.  With the exception of two varieties that came from
> an aunt many years ago, we bought the others from a nearby grower in
> Southfield, Michigan (Hughes Gardens).
> 
> This spring has been wonderful, right niow 10 of the 12 beds at the back
> of the yard are in bloom.  The problem is, of course, that we didn't do
> a very good juob of keeping track of what was planted where.  Could
> anyone help with confirming my id's of some of them?
> 
> 1. SULTAN's PALACE:  24-36 inch bloomstalks.  Standards and falls are
> the same deep rust color (look black just before the buds open)  The
> beards are a gold in color.
> 
> 2. Crystal Glitters: 30-36 inch tall bloomstalks.  Standards are coral
> colored.  Falls are pale coral/pink at the outside becoing more coral to
> the center. Beards start very pale and become more inense coral to the
> center.
> 
> 3. Tut's Gold: 36-44 inch tall bloomstalks.  Standards and falls are a
> very bright golden yellow color with deeper golden beards.  One of the
> blooms is 7" across.
> 
> 4. Swazi Princess: 34-44 inch tall bloomstalks.  Buds appear to be very
> black before opening.  Falls are a deep purple almoast black.  Standards
> are a richer purple, kind of royal velvet purple.  Beards are deep
> purple.
> 
> I have more ID'ing to do.  Several others in bloom right now.  But will
> close for now.
> 
> Thanks in advance.  This is a great place to learn.
> 
> Dick Smith
> Royal Oak, Michigan

Dick,

You received no replies because it takes time to look up the information
or some people are not sure.  There have been over 43,000 iris
registered since the turn of the last century and many are quite
similar.  I grow Sultan's Palace and Swazi Princess and the ones you
describe fit my description, but so do many others.  I would suggest you
invite some judges/irisarians to your garden to help with identification
or take them to a show.  Also you could consider getting the American
Iris Society's Checklists which describe all iris registered with them. 

Glad to hear your bloom is so wonderful and too bad it wasn't like that
when I was there last week.

Hail to the Red Wings!

Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central CAlifornia
Zone 8
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