So the order from Pleasants Valley Iris arrived yesterday. It was a spur of the moment order on June 3, and I knew it wouldn’t ship til the end of July. It was still a scramble to get the area prepped though (the tree project materialized in the middle there). So now there is a huge iris bed where the lemon lilies were marking time before, and the lemon lilies have moved to the border of the bed. I’ll catalogue the different iris I just planted, so that when they bloom last year, I know what’s what. I made metal nametags for each one but still. Can’t hurt.
Russet Colored Iris: 
2 Fort Apache
1 Caliente
1 Cranapple
Copper Colored Iris:
1 Lightning Streak
2 Boss Tweed
1 Charged Up
1 Rustic Cedar
Dual Color Iris:
2 Devil’s Spoon (grape/burgundy)
2 Art Form (lavender/burgundy)
1 Raspberry Fudge (raspberry/burgundy/yellow)
2 Gaelic Joy (raspberry/yellow)
1 Floorshow (yellow/violet edges)
2 Carnival Song (peach top/violet edged falls) 
1 Latin Rock (peach/plum)
1 Mariachi Music (peach/burgundy)
Blue Colored Iris:
1 Wintry Sky (blue)
2 Devilish Nature (pale lavender)
3 Codicil (blue)
1 Blue Rhythm (pale lavender)
2 Blue Cheer (deeper lavender)
2 Babbling Brook (light blue)
Yellow Colored Iris:
2 Harvest of Memories (yellow)
1 Country Dancer (peach)
2 Crystal Glitters (white)
And 7 unnamed iris (I ordered 15 unnamed iris and got some named ones, which was a bonus).
How many iris is this in total? 46! How many did I order? 32! I am really impressed with the number of bonus iris and with the fact that many of the 15 “unnamed” iris were actually named. The rhizomes all look vigorous and I am really, really looking forward to seeing the blooms when they appear. I’ve never had blooms appear the first year after a transplant, so I am not deluding myself that they’ll bloom next year. If they do, it will be a pleasant surprise.
I’ll take some pictures when they’ve settled in nicely and I’ve gotten the woodchips down on everything that’s not iris. (Iris do not tolerate mulch – they like dry feet).
Next year: daylilies!
