{"id":1967,"date":"2005-04-19T18:36:44","date_gmt":"2005-04-19T23:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.5\/gardens\/gardenlog\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2017-07-17T18:46:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T23:46:59","slug":"iris-cloud-ballet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/plant-highlights\/iris-cloud-ballet\/","title":{"rendered":"Iris ‘Cloud Ballet’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forget what I said yesterday about giving up on named bearded irises. Today, two stalks of ‘Cloud Ballet’ began blooming and they are everything bearded irises should be. Each thick stalk is tall and straight and bears half a dozen substantial flowers. The falls don’t…well, not much. They’re fairly horizontal.<\/p>\n

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At least I think this is ‘Cloud Ballet’. I bought one from Schreiner’s in 2001. It is a pale blue, which leans toward lavender, self. The center is pale, almost white, which reflects the light in such a way that makes it look more contrasty in the photo than in real life. From a distance it appears to be the same shade as the bluebonnets beneath it. The beards are white with yellow tips.<\/p>\n

There is a chance that it might be ‘Altruist<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n

Whatever it is, it’s bloomed three years in a row: 2003, 2004, and 2005, but it didn’t bloom it’s first spring, 2002.
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Zanthan Gardens History<\/h4>\n

2001-07-13. Received my order from Schreiner’s iris, including one ‘Cloud Ballet’ for $12.50.<\/p>\n

2003-04-16. First flower. Mixed up when replanted with ‘Strictly Ballroom’ in vegetable border. I think this is ‘Cloud Ballet’, but it could be another ‘Altruist’.<\/p>\n

2004-04-17. First flower. Three flowers total for 2004.<\/p>\n

2005-04-19. First flower. Two large stalks bear four flowers opening today. More on their way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Bearded iris ‘Cloud Ballet’ M 34″
\nLyle Fort. 1990 M 34″: HM ’93 Light blue self with white throats.
\nCatalog Description: “Cloud Ballet’s classically formed flowers boast heavy ruffles and lace. See how the azure petals lighten at their centers, complementing the yellow-tipped white beards. Good growth, sweet fragrance and occasional rebloom distinguish this Northwest origination as a winner.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5277,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions\/5277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}