Tall Bearded Iris 'Celebration Song'

Planted Fall 2012, bloomed Spring 2013. Beautiful pastel bloom

I just joined to buy a Iris Celebration Song. I just bought a puppy with that name and hopefully I can plant these bulbs in honor of her ...Read Morearrival from Canada in May. Anyone have any to sell? I am new to gardening so I have nothing to trade but i want at least a minimum of 8 of these to make a large gorgeous planting right out my window. I am in Ventura CA so they should do well here.
contact me at [email protected] if you have some to sell.

Celebration Song is one of my favorite Irises out of the dozens of different ones I have.

However, my standards are not t...Read Morehe apricot-peach. Mine are a light pastel yellow and have been since the day I bought it, 7 years ago. I buy all my rhizomes through a local grower who in turn, buys theirs from a reputable source. The falls on mine are exact matches in color. It is only the standard that is different.

I have no reason to believe I was misinformed as to the name when I bought the rhizome 7 years ago. In fact, all of my blooms have matched the photos on the source's website, despite the description. The yellow in mine, however, seems to be fading out to more of a yellow tinted silvery color, after 7 years.

Celebration Song I have found to be a strong, rapid grower, producing many blooms and several flower stalks. Each flower seems to last 2-3 days, longer than many of my others.

I split the original rhizome clump 2 years ago, it has bloomed well this year and likely will need splitting again next year.

It grows here at my workplace in several "mega clumps"--the stalks are many, and they are full of flowers. Last year, the iris literally ...Read Morebloomed from February through almost to May.