More of 'The Late Show'
I have 4-5 plants of Irwell Jazz Time and they have bloomed non
stop for the last 4 weeks, and I must of taken 30 or 40 photos of it,
but because of the colouration and the striations on the falls the blooms have a tendency to confuse the camera, they never seemed to look acurate but we got there in the end despite the heavy rain.
2016 New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Cumulative Checklist
IRWELL JAZZ TIME (Ron Busch, R. 2010). Sdlg.1657/3057. TB, 30" (76
cm), E. S. lavender, purple flecked, slight purple midrib; style
arms gold, purple midrib; F. cream white ground, ¾" purple plicata
band; beards lemon. Parentage known.
'Summit' photo taken yesterday.
Part of my program each season is to replace the older earlier photos on
my Blog to portray a more accurate photo for ID which is after all the
purpose for the blog, its my record of the Irises growing at home.
The photo is as the Waterson Catalogue description below and shows the rich yellow of the falls.
Waterson Iris Garden, Wanganui, Irises 1960-61. SUMMIT
A lovely iris which, like Pinnacle, is a combination of white and
yellow. The standards are the same pure white, without even a hint of
cream, but the falls, instead of being primrose yellow as in 'Pinnacle',
are a rich yellow. In the clump it is breathtakingly beautiful. There
is an exquisite quality of beauty about this combination of white and
gold which appeals both to the lover of bright colours for colour's sake
and to the lover of artistic colour combinations- Summit is a tall and
stately iris with widely branched stems carrying classically formed
blooms. D'Arcy Blackburn, Clifford Street, Gisborne, Bearded Iris Catalogue, 1957-1958 Summit (Stevens) A famous iris, one of the raiser's white and yellow amoenas, which has been acclaimed overseas as an outstanding iris. Tall and widely branched, with standards of pure white and falls of golden yellow, it makes a wonderful clump. Excellence substance and habits of growth. (48 inches)
Yes I am keeping notes regarding plant habits and
bud count and all the other important things but I do not have enough
time to extrapolate the data to the blog at the moment.
There are about twenty 'Ron Busch Irises blooming at the moment some in
different gardens in different parts of the North Island so gathering
the information and taking photos are the priorities at the moment. The
dots will be joined and filled in later so if you need the bud count, or information of plant health you will have to return at a later date.
I hear some call these photo's glamour shots but I like to think of them
as a method to ID irises and by time I have finished 'The Ron Busch
Collection' will be well documented and after-all that's the end game.
So here is another of Ron Busch 2010 stunning introductions blooming at home today.
2016 New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Cumulative Checklist
IRWELL SIMPLICITY (Ron Busch, R. 2010). Sdlg. 1764-4015. TB, 30" (76
cm), EM. S. white, yellow base; style arms white; F. white, ¾" lavender
margin edged pale lemon, pale lavender spot with texture veining; beards
yellow. Parentage unknown. PBF.
Hardly any iris bloom stalks anywhere at home
just yet, and it feels like it's going to be one of those 'all at
once' iris seasons once nature finally makes its mind up when spring will
start so the irises get an temperature 'go' signal that is
consistent over a few days or weeks not an hour or so like it is currently, and that the
daylight hours change from just a astronomy calculation to
reality. Even with all of these challenges it seems that our garden Tall Bearded Iris season starts these
days with a couple of David Nicoll's 'Early' series Irises.
'Early Beaut' is an unusual colour tone with a pollen parent that
is a well known Southern Hemisphere beauty of Barry Blyth 'Chinese
Empress' that has softened the rather coarse colour tones of its
famous pod parent 'Thornbird'. Double budded with good bud count,
good plant health with strong plant habits.
Richmond Iris Garden, 376 Hill Street, Nelson. Issue #54,
2004-2005 Catalogue. * EARLY
BEAUT - D. Nicoll Early flowering Violet blue standards infused
with green at centre, falls veined violet merging to creamy
mustard edge............................$15.00
2016 New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Cumulative Checklist
EARLY BEAUT D.B. Nicoll, Reg., 2004. Sdlg. D98T12-l. TB, 33″,
(85 cm), VE ; S. light violet blue with a light infusion of
green-gold from the centre midrib; style arms light creamy
mustard with a touch of violet on the lip; F. veined violet
centres merging and fading to light creamy mustard edges, under
surface of central midrib green; beards bright orange; slight
sweet fragrance. Thornbird X Chinese Empress. Richmond Iris
Gardens 2004/05.
The unusual is to breeders and some select growers a delight, toss
in a unknown parentage or two and the intrigue goes to overdrive!!
'Burnt Toffee' is another of what I like to call my "Colour Chaos Irises" with it's original mysterious colour concoction. Smoky
copper red-violet standards, brick red edged hafts with a
airbrushed violet blue centre that expands down the falls and a
decided margining of gold bronze, a blue beard tipped with
bright old gold. Orange blossom fragrance. Impressive branching
(3 plus spur). 'Burnt Toffee' disease-resistant foliage
is a deep blue green, but plant has only average growth,
eventually producing a stunning clump in the garden. For some
though an acquired taste.
Schreiner’s Iris Lovers Catalog 1977 BURNT
TOFFEE, (Schreiner 1977) ML. 37" No one color completely characterizes this Iris for
it subtly blends a gradation of several colors. Its standards are
medium red-violet suffused with golden bronze. The falls present a
change of pace. Their center is a pronounced blue-violet wash that
diminishes to the precise border edging of gold-bronze. The beard
starts as blue tipped but gives way to old gold deep down in the
throat. Hafts are a metallic olive-gold-bronze. This smoky colored
Iris is indeed unique! Three branches, 7 to 9 buds.
Eden Road Iris Garden, Wenatchee, Washington. 1979
Catalog.
BURNT TOFFEE, (Schreiner 1977) ML. 37"
(Unknown)
Very effective blending of dark chocolate and
blue-lavender. Beard is dull gold to blue. This one will make you
stop and enjoy its rich coloring.
Tempo Two,
Barry and Lesley Blyth, East Road, Pearcedale, Victoria,
Australia, Season 1983-84
BURNT TOFFEE (Schreiner '77 USA) ML 37". A unique smoky Iris that
subtly blends a graduation of several colours. Standards red
violet suffused golden bronze. Falls gold bronze with blue flush
through centre around blue beards. Good branching. (Parentage
unknown) HM '79
AIS Checklist 1979
BURNT TOFFEE Schreiner's, Reg. 1977. Sdlg. G 1519-3. TB 37" (94
cm) ML. Standards light chocolate, flushed blue-lavender to
center along midrib; Falls richer chocolate with darker chocolate
hafts, blue blaze in center; dull gold to blue beard. Unknown
parentage., Schreiner's 1977. Big hat tip to Calos Ayento of Brighton Park Iris fame for the 1977 Schreiner's description its much appreciated.
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