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001. The home of Blue J Iris is Alliance, Nebr.

002. In April 05 we got 3'' of snow on 1' tall iris

003. This concrete leopard is by our porch

004. Our old driveway ends at a 30' overpass

005. Twist of Fate is an early bloomer here

006. Our Turkish poppy blooming

007. One of our many orange poppies

008. Region 21 Spring Iris Tour 2005

009. In Omaha at the Spring Tour

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010. Region 21 Spring Tour

011. Region 21 tour, May 22, 2005

012. A retirement village garden in Omaha

013. More of Region 21 Spring Tour

014. Arilbred She Devil grew extra petals

015. A large bed of Jeda seedlings in 2005

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016. More Jeda seedlings in 2005

017. In Portland, Oregon, by our hotel

018. On May 24, 06, we stopped at Keppel's

019. This is one of Keith Keppel's seedlings

020. At Schreiner's for AIS National Convention

021. Red lupines at Schreiner's in 2006

022. Up front is a Schreiner seedling

023. This tree has a 4' dia. trunk (~150 yrs.)

024. At Schreiners I used a Nikon Coolpix

025. This may be Ray Schreiner in his seedlings

026. A red poppy in Schreiner's show garden

027. The giant alliums are a familiar sight

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028. This is in Salem, Oregon 5-24-06

029. Schreiner's display garden is the best

030. These flowers seem to grow in the shade

031. One of Schreiner's iris fields

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032. We were one day ahead of the big crowd

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033. Is this the Garden Of Eden or Schreiner's

034. You will need at least 3 hrs. here

035. An orange poppy at Schreiner's

036. All the flowers and trees are blooming

037. Showing the wide aisles at Schreiner's

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038. This is why they call iris the rainbow flower

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039. Leonard on our last day at Schreiner's

040. Light rain at Pleasent View Garden

041. Terry Aitken's famous door at National

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042. We very much enjoyed this garden

043. We recommend Mid-America Gardens

044. Large lush hostas at Mid-America

045. At Cooley's my camera got too wet

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046. Roses at Riverview Iris Gardens in Idaho

047. This George Burns rose changes color

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048. A Rio Samba rose was blooming

049.This Peace rose is also Irene De Rose's

050. Scentimental roses on a 6' bush

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051. Farewell to Keith Chadwick, Sand Hollow

052. Mountain view at Zebra Gardens in Utah

053. Not a zebra at Zebra Gardens

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054. Back home at bluejiris.com

055. Calling it a day at Blue J

056. One of our many gardens on May 30, 06

057. Also taken in Alliance, Nebr.

058. Standing over a large circle of peonies

059. A pink peony with deep rich color

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060. A storm coming from the west

061. We often get storm clouds with no rain

062. Partial shade at Blue J Iris

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063. A flying saucer cloud over our SA's

064. Someday there will be an iris this color

065. Pulling out the anther to get pollen

066.Wiping pollen onto the stigmatic lip

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067. A super-ruffled standard

068. The center of a white peony

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069. A close up of the pattern on a seedling

070. Sheri and the gang in the Black Hills

071. Mt. Rushmore is 3 hours north of us

072. An iris in these colors would be nice

073. Okla. Capitol at 2007 AIS National Conv.

074. Guest iris at Okla. State Univ, May 07

075. Hugh & Jennifer Stout's gardens by OKC

076. Stout's cowboy sculpture made of junk

077. A horse figure among Stout's iris

078. Celtic Glory & Indy Edith at Stout's

079. More metal sculpture by the Stouts

080. Seedling bed at the Stout's place

081. Stahl's garden in Okla. on May 6, 07

082. The Will Rogers Memorial Garden

083. In Okla. City at the Will Rogers Garden

084. End of AIS National Iris Convention 2007

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085. Next 80 pictures from Denver TBIS tour

086. TBIS' 07 Annual Meeting and Tour

087. Morning Mood, 06

088. Tall Bearded Iris Soc. Tour, June 2, 2007

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089. Tropical Magic, 95

090. Hudson Gardens, a park in Denver, Colo

091. Hudson Gardens scenery

092. Clever landscaping for a miniature RR

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093. Hudson Gardens' miniature railroad

094. Teeny trees by the tiny train

095. At Bob Van Liere's Iris 4 U in Denver

096. Bob Van Liere (left) & Rick Ernst of Cooley's

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097. A Van Liere seedling

098. A large seedling patch at Iris 4 U

099. Another Bob Van Liere selection

100. This Van Liere is very appealing

101. Lots of color at Iris 4 U

102. A seedling number for the next picture

103. Van Liere seedling 22-99

104. Another Bob Van Liere selection

105. The next 2 pictures are of Expose

106. Expose at Iris 4 U in Denver

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107. Side view of Expose

108. More nursery rows at Van Liere's

109. Lowell Baumunk's gardens in Littleton

110. His Iris Colorado is near the mountains.

111. Next 55 pictures are at Baumunk's

112. Amiable was voted No.2 of the tour

113. A good example of overlapping falls

114. Amiable was great in several tour gardens

115. One of Lowell's many peonies

116. Baumunk introduced this next one

117. Belle De Provence ranked No. 1 in the tour

118. Luscious ruffles by Lowell Baumunk

119. Belle De Provence, 06

120. Vernon & Dana Brown at Baumunk's.

121. Lowell introduced this luminata

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122. Elizabethan Age, 05, a luminata

123. Lowell Baumunk bred Elizabethan Age

124. Rock gardens at Baumunk's in Littleton

125. Maryott's final iris introduction

126. That's All Folks

127. That's All Folks, Maryott's swan song

128. Iris seem to really like this elevation

129. One of many peonies at Baumunk's.

130. An outstanding peony, Coral Sunset

131. Another color on the same Coral Sunset

132. Coral Sunset's third color on same bush

133. Ideal picture conditions today

134. Pink and white iris looking good.

135. Gypsy Lord, 06 intro by Keith Keppel

136. Two nice pictures of Gypsy Lord

137. Overlapping falls on Gypsy Lord

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138. Overcast clouds improve photo lighting

139. Bred by Meininger of Mitchell, Nebr.

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140. Somerset Dawn by LeRoy Meininger

141. Lowell, how about an iris this color

142. A Baumunk glaciata seedling

143. A pink glaciata seedling by Baumunk

144. Glaciatas have no haft marks or purple

145. An introduction by Schreiner's.

146. High Chaparral from Schreiner

147. Making Memories

148. Making Memories

149. The best ruffles we've ever seen

150. Photogenic, 06, by Joe Ghio

151. Super-ruffles on Photogenic

152. The hidden bus was for the TBIS Tour

153. Yosemite Sam sign misspelled

154. Yosemite Sam.

155. This is a beautiful flower