Last year I had a couple of first time bloomers that didn't behave like I expected.
The first one is My Tasha [John Charles Taylor 2013]. The blooms opened a nice shade of purple and faded. They faded again this year, but I still love it. I think its the stripes that I love about it 
This is a freshly opening bloom
This is the same stem of blooms taken 2 days later. The flower above is the lowest one in this photo
The other bloom that was different to what I was expecting last year was Strawberry Swirl [Chet Thompkins 1993]. Last year the falls took about 3 days to fall after they separated from the standards and on the first few flowers they didn't open completely.
This year the falls opened normally 
This is the best dark pink colour out of the irises I grow.
I have several blues flowering at the moment. I love all of my blue irises
Yaquina Blue [Schreiner 1992] is a newbie for me. I love the colour of this one.
Rippling River [Schreiner 1995] is a beautiful ruffled dark blue.
Mer Du Sud [Richard Cayeux 1997] is the bluest of these three.
This is a garden shot with all three blues. Rippling River is on the left, Yaquina Blue in the middle and Mer Du Sud in the background. Also in the background is Thunderstick, Hell's Fire, Who's Your Daddy, Going My Way and Celestial Explosion
My Absolute Treasure [Tasco 2005] is looking beautiful. It's well spaced light blue flowers are gorgeous.
This is Absolute Treasure with My Tasha and Strawberry Swirl.
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