Bon Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 found this on Pintrest. Will have to see if anyone local has this flower!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I WANT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Not a chance that you will find that one locally! Wonder what it looks like opened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildflowerpa Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I found this pic of a candy stripe iris. Not as impessive as the bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 but it's still pretty!!! I love iris's, wish they would bloom all summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 found this on Pintrest. Will have to see if anyone local has this flower!!! I'll bet the color has been hyped on that picture. It would be interesting to see one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I don't think that that is the same iris. I found Oasis Candy stripe too and just don't think that bud could open into that iris. When an iris is in bud all you see are the falls and all you really see of them is the underside. If you look carefully at the first picture it is an iris with yellow falls. See the center of each section? The yellow falls are edged in a rose or purple shade. Irises do not, or at least none I've ever seen, have a border with two shades as this one appears to have. There is the possibility that the lighter sections of the border will mature to a darker purple but I think it is a trick of the lighting. I'll confess to have wasted about a half an hour trying to find that little beauty after I posted. There are a lot of pictures of this bud on the internet but none of them are in catalogues or on nursery sites. I think it was just a photographer's dream and he stuck the name candy stripe on it without finding out what it really was. It doesn't make it any less gorgeous but I don't think we are going to acquire it for our gardens anytime soon. A lot of the irises that are sold now will bloom in the fall as well if the weather is right. I gives us one more chance to see them flower. Both Immortality and Autumn Tryst rebloom fairly reliably for me. Iris borers got my irises last summer so I will be lucky to see any blooms this spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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