Posts Tagged ‘iris’
Iris blooming… and a peony
I sure wish these kind of flowers would bloom longer… but while they are going, I love it.
First the peony. This is 2nd year in a row that it hasn’t been mashed to the ground as it bloomed. I cut 5 for my mom on Sunday, and cut myself a bunch more today seeing as how it’s supposed to storm tonight and might mash it all down.
Next up, in no particular order… the iris. Some of these are at my house, not here, but I do plan on digging this year to move some. I love my 2 tone pink and my purple edged iris. The bed I’ve built up here is nice, but it needs more variety… okay, maybe not, it’s pretty mixed, but it could be better.
A flower
Heh, I really wanted to write…. A Flower by Henry Gibson. But this isn’t a poem from a guy on Laugh In, it’s a real flower.
It’s the cutest tiniest dearest iris I’ve ever seen.
We have a bunch of these under a tree in the yard, which I just noticed last year. Looks like grass or something… until you get close and notice that it’s wee iris leaves. I dug some up, planning on taking some to my friend in OKC and some to my Mom. Of course I forgot to take them to OKC and haven’t been to see my Mom yet.
When I got home from OKC I looked at the ones I’d dug up to make sure they weren’t all dried out and dead. And there was this adorable tiny bloom. So, here it is…
And yes, that’s my thumb in there for size reference.
Because the one in the pot is blooming, I went to check under the tree. Four or five blooms is all, but they are a solid mass of iris leaves. Guess I’d better dig some more up and spread them around the yard in places. They sure bloom early enough!
Isn’t that just the cutest wee iris you’ve ever seen? :)
