I purchased Cherub's Smile and last year it bloomed for the first time, revealing a white flower. I contacted the company and they identified this as Immortality Iris. I thought it was pretty cool because I didn't have a white iris.
A friend really liked it a lot that I promised I'd divide it for her. I separated it, sent her six rhizomes and then I re-potted all my iris.
Then it bloomed this year...
May 1, 2014 - Unidentified Light Purple Iris |
I looked online to see if anyone shared this experience at all. All I could find were threads that talked about buying Cherub's Smile and just getting whites.
May 2, 2014 - Unidentified Light Purple Iris |
May 12, 2014 - Unidentified Light Purple Iris |
May 14, 2014 - Unidentified Light Purple Iris |
There was one suggestion that maybe I accidentally misplaced some seeds from last year, when Immortality Iris was crossed with a 'Purple Mom/Black Dad' iris but nope, that's not it either. All my seeds were poured out into this pot and germinated this spring, starting their itty bitty lives for the first time!
May 15, 2014 - Iris Seedlings - Immortality/PMBD1 |
Oh, and my friend gave me an update. One rhizome is blooming and it's purple.
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