Featured Iris: Outer Edge

Purchased in 2012 'Outer Edge' grew well last year, but did not bloom.  Lots of increase paid off this year!

Evening light pulls out the rose in what appears as a deep violet. This 2011 Intro by Paul Black is 23" IB.  Mid-America describes this cultivar:

Upright grape juice purple standards reveal red plum styles. Very round, palest pink white falls have dark red purple hafts changing to grape juice purple plicata bands. Short purple veins and sanding flank mid burnt orange beards ending in violet.

Here a clump of year two after planting a single rhizomes, shows 'Outer Edge' as great garden plant.  Some fine show stalks are in there.  It started blooming May 17 this year, peaked May 24 and bloomed until May 28.

photos (c) 2014 Neil Houghton.  Please use freely with attribution.

Back from Albany 5-14-13

The first bloom of IB 'Lemon Pop,' 1996 Sass Medal winner show the effects of 33º. It's only been open for 2 days and has that translucent look of an older bloom.  But there are more buds!

And here's 'Star of India,' 'Jennyanydots' and 'Panda Paws.'  The first when compared with an earlier photo show how color can look quite different.  This is primarily because after bloom a rich pigment almost immediately starts to degrade.