I have found, over many years, that the pale pink variety (brilliant?) had always attracted the most butterflies

Is the lack of postings due to the fact that there is a specific purple empire website which most iris obsessives, including me, use preferentially?

Brimstone in garden on the 1st november, Aylesbury, Bucks

Upper Thames Branch [Dennis Dell, Berks/Bucks/Oxon] reporting for the 1st time! Dukes are found only on downland in our region [with one isolated report from a Chiltern's wood this season]. The lower slopes of Ivinghoe Beacon are well managed by the National Trust [well done Matthew and colleagues!]...