You won't have to guess, I'll just tell you, Iris are by far my favorite flower. That is until the dayliles bloom. But, the iris are the first queens of the garden to bloom. This is a photo of Glacier Kiss. Normally, yellow is not my favorite color, but this plant has won me over. It is very robust, quick multipier, lots of beautiful buds per stem, whats not to love! Most of the photos you'll see early this spring are of course last years. They were taken by my cousin Sheldon.
Another yellow! Well, this is a beauty as well, and I love the flower against the blue sky. When iris are described, there are 3 main parts. The 'standard' are the 3 petals that are shaped upwards, the 3 downward petals are the 'falls,' and you can see the fuzzy 'beard' coming from middle on the falls. So to describe this iris it would be: white standards, yellow falls, and orangey yellow beard. I will post a list later of iris for sale this year.
Ahhhhhh. This is my very favorite. It is so beautiful when blooming in its group and there are hundreds of these beauties and you want to smell each one, and give each one it's moment! I am definitely a blue, purple and pink person for flowers colors.
What a great orange. I love the blue iris sprinkled in the background of this photo. I have several orange iris. But keep in mind all iris are different heights and bloom at different times. These are "Tall bearded" iris which start blooming here mid May to mid June, depending on weather conditions. Their leaves generally stay neat during the growing season, and the leaves sword like shape mix nice with other perennials.
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