@Johannian . Most birds do not have a powerfull gizzard to grind the thick outer coat of irises ( or peonies). They pass through unharmed. Later they are dropped somewhere. A thrush type of bird , perhaps a robin, could easily be the vector. If your siberian has grown inside a forest, one should look at forest dwellers as first culprits. The Turdidae family are quite omnivorous and feed earthworms, caterpillars but all sorts of fruits
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/...
Here my berried Cotoneaster are spread through out my property by our local thrush Turdus falcklandii ssp. magellanicus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
We've got zillions of seedlings under the branches where they fly into cover. Actually getting to germinate any Cotoneaster by other ways is quite difficult but the birds have the trick to it. It is a charcteristic co-evolutionary method of fruit/seed dispersal: zoochory. For further reading which will explain gradually mysteries of your new home property:
https://www.britannica.com/sci...
So all my multiples are now naturally being done.

Arturo

Wow Frank, that is an intense blue!! I love it

Japanese iris 'Lion King' opened for me for the first time ever today and I am so glad that it looks like what it was tagged. Can't wait for it to get clump size.

Johannian said: Just found out that we have a wild Siberian iris plant growing on our property. Never seen it before anywhere on our property. I wonder how it got there, twenty acres from our house in a forest where no planting takes place.

Are you sure it's not Species Iris (Iris missouriensis) ? It's fairly common in the Black Hills.

I enjoyed the bird photos, Arturo. & especially liked the songs. Robins built a nest in our small barn one yr. Right now is trying to clear our lawn of earthworms. They are very busy.

As I recall, 'Caesar's Brother' (from many years ago, as in decades...) it was a very dark blue, color...

I'd tried to hurry up, (after having watered,) only for a sudden Thunderstorm to nearly "pop up" out of nowhere ! (Of course, from the skies above...)
I'd taken an image, rather very quickly, as the humidity was nearly unbearable at the moment.
(This one, just doesn't want to appear, nearly as blue, as it really is, compared to when you see it.)


This is another one, (& still don't know the correct cv. name, for certain, of either one!)



Yeah, now I do sorta miss having that 'Lion King,' afterall.

There are so many siberians now than Ceasar's Brother, that it's not worthwhile to peruse it.

Iris sibirica 'Caesars Brother' 6/2022 sib S4- (Morgan 1932) Siberian Iris sib Beardless, Mature plant size: 40in, PURPLE, deep purple, USDA Hardiness Zone 3, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW22, In Garden Bed S4 for 10.9 YEARS (The). Planted in 2011.

American Iris Society: 'Caesar's Brother' ( [Main.Bio.HybridizerMorganFCleveland][F. Cleveland Morgan]], 1932) SIB-B. Honorable Mention 1936; Morgan Award 1953. Name changed from 'Caezar' to correspond with common usage 1974.

Dug up, moved to S4 June 2011. Found tag with this plant. Was in G2. This was the largest plant. Divided into 3 clumps. 2>CCC. Deep purple flowers in late spring on 40in. stems. Morgan Award winner (1953).

Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2013, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22:

https://www.flickr.com/search/...

#MWA1953, #Perennial, #Monocot, #Rhizome, #SIB, #Iris, #IrisSibirica, #Purple

Frank, it's a nice blue, which contrasts nicely, as you've shown.
It grows fairly easily with some additional watering, in warmer Zones.

Yes Lucy, nowadays there are so very many ! (While I think they've managed to cross, some quite unusual hybrids, (& even using the pseudata to create some very unusual ones, too.)

KentPfeiffer said: Are you sure it's not Species Iris (Iris missouriensis) ? It's fairly common in the Black Hills.

Definitely looks similar, Kent. I'd have to see another bloom. I went out today to look at it again, but unfortunately it had already shriveled up. I see a lot of other plants around it though, so I'll most likely be seeing more blooms soon. I'll get a picture when they do.

Iris spec-x 'Unexpected Surprise' 6/2022 SPX G4- (Harris, 2017) biversata Iris SPX Beardless, Mature plant size: 20in., Ensata: Short biversata of velvety red violet, white styles, USDA Hardiness Zone 5, Michigan Bloom Month 6, In Garden Bed G4 for 275 DAYS (SJI). Planted in 2021.

American Iris Society: 'Unexpected Surprise' (Chad Harris, R. 2017). Seedling# 08SPCXA1. SPEC-X, 36" (91 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards pale violet (RHS 85C), paddle shape and cupped; style arms off white, pink-violet (84B) midrib, crest pale violet; falls rich violet (86B), signal bright yellow orange (15C) with dark violet (86A) veins surrounded by white. 'Gubijin' selfed. Mt. Pleasant 2018.

Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2022:

https://www.flickr.com/search/...

#Midseason, #Perennial, #Monocot, #Rhizome, #SPX, #UnexpectedSurprise

Very pretty, Frank!

Chad sure creates some nice beardless iris. I love his two MTB's too.

Siberian Tropic Night (Morgan, 1937)

Lestv said: Siberian Tropic Night (Morgan, 1937)

Just lovely! how old is your clump?. I'm trying to figure out when I'll have that many look alike sibs blooming simultaneously...

Arturo

Just started with Irises a few years ago, haven't had many blooms. This year has been great. Heres my two biggest Japanese irises. The blooms are hugh.

Another pic. Not sure the name of these guys.

I love them. Watching them sway in the breeze is pure delight.

Arturo - this is the third year for Tropic Night in that garden.

Lestv said: Arturo - this is the third year for Tropic Night in that garden.

Leslie, I've got ten pots with sibs that I started from seed purchased via Jelitto.. Its a mix of Noids ( I never mind noids when I start anything new).I moved these pots inside my cool greenhouse after a fortnight of hard frost. They have had enough extra cold. Now inside with barely 30ºF at night, when days get longer ( very soon... ) I hope they will timidly show their new foliage.They are three season old. None has bloomed for me yet, but they all have increased into multiple basal stalks. The same goes for my ensatas. Although in the growing season they are treated differently, the latter spending their bottoms in standing water, in winter it was suggested to me to keep them away from freezing ground and on the drier side. So they've been placed also in the cool greenhouse.
As I watch all those fabulous blooms, I start to get the spring itch, in spite of being still months away!

Arturo

Your Tropic Night looks a lot like my NOID.



But I'm sure there are many like this one.