Dresden Iris Festival 2003

A Photo Tour by MaryCarol
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My Peachy Pink Iris 2003
Dresden Iris Festival Flower Show 2003

Enjoy your arm chair tour....just click below
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A little IRIS GENEALOGY 
Earnie Royal was kind enough to show us a little Iris genealogy.  The Siberian Iris of 400 to 600 years ago looked a lot different than those of today.

SIBERIAN IRIS as it looked 4-600 years ago 

Siberian IRIS OF TODAY from many generations of selective breeding

Earnie Royal and his beautiful bred PURPLE Siberian Iris
 
 

Close Ups of Iris by color
ORCHID
LAVENDER
LAVENDER-PURPLE
LAVENDER-WHITE
PURPLE
WHITE
YELLOW-WHITE
 
Lavenders & Purples
PURPLE LAVENDER
DEEP PURPLE
LAVENDER-WHITE
PURPLE EDGED
PURPLE-WHITE
REDDISH LAVENDER
WHITE-LAVENDER
 
The Winners Table
BLUE
ORCHID
PEACH
PEACH-LAVENDER
PEACHY-LAVENDER
REDDISH LAVENDER
YELLOW
YELLOW-LAVENDER
YELLOW-PURPLE
GARDEN - Chairman's Award
SIBERIAN - Ancient heirloom
TRIBUTE TO VETERANS 1 - The theme of this years show
TRIBUTE TO VETERANS 2 - The theme of this years show
 
The Tables - a sea of Iris
TABLE  - Mixed colors
TABLE - Purple - yellow - pink
TABLE - Lavenders
TABLE - Yellows
TABLE - Mixed - burgundy
TABLE - Burgundy
TABLE - Pink
TABLE - Rust
This is my 2nd year to take photos of the Iris Flower Show
I am not a serious Iris gardener so pardon my referring to them by color instead of name

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