From the iris database thread, thought I'd pull out the most recent post on smokey-colored irises....
I'm guessing what they are growing is Jungle Shadows. It is a wonderful old variety and the color is totally unique. My camera is making it a bit too red/pink in tone - it is a smokey brown-grey-purple blend. Looks best in part shade where the shadows make it's colors deeper.
Mike, I think Jungle Shadows is in fact the "Jungle Fever" I saw at the local iris place. Thanks for ID'ing it for me! And although the one I saw was in a full-sun field, it was shaded a bit by taller plants and grasses. So as you pointed out, the colors did indeed have a smokey brown/grey/purple look, but one I'd perceived as brown/grey/blue.
The nursery owner highly disliked it, although she and I apparently both like what many would consider strange-colored irises. My husband didn't like the iris either. He was quite blunt and told me he thought it was ugly. But then he pointed out I was going to go ahead and get what I wanted anyway, despite what he thought. True, so true....
I've found a few online sources. Of course, if I pay $10 at the local place, it'll be that + sales tax. If I pay the $4.00 or $5.00 I've found online, I'll have to add a whole bunch to the order to justify the shipping cost.
So....does anyone have any other smokey-colored irises to show? I really like odd colors....what the nursery owner described as "magnificent uglies."
Grey and smoky-colored irises
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How about Yves Lassailly? A really different color tone. Silver grey with a pale blue wash and olive hafts.
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“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t
matter and those who matter don’t mind.” - Theodore Geisel, aka Dr.
Seuss
Here are a few moody-hued irises that never fail to put me into a meditative state of mind ...
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- A weirdling that died out in my beds years ago, but I still remember it fondly.
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- A weirdling that died out in my beds years ago, but I still remember it fondly.
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- IB 'Allah'
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- SDB 'Blue Neon'
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- SDB 'Pilgrims' Choice'
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USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern Minnesota
normal annual precipitation 26-27"
slightly alkaline, potassium deficient, clay soil
normal annual precipitation 26-27"
slightly alkaline, potassium deficient, clay soil