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Outside Zion National Park
Springdale
Utah
USA
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The lodge where I stayed just outside of Zion National Park, Utah called the Cliffrose Lodge and Gardens had many small gardens filled with irises. Here is one I believe the hybrid name for is Brightline.
Bearded Iris are one of the true staples of the perennial garden. They are loved by many gardeners because they are easy to grow, deer-resistant, they multiply each year, and many are re-bloomers, putting on a colorful show in the garden twice in one season. There are two planting seasons for these garden favorites.
Bearded Iris prefer at least 6-8 hours of sunlight a day. In hot climates, they will tolerate 4-6 hours of sun. They should have some shade during the day in hotter climates. Bearded Iris prefer to be planted in well-drained soil. To improve drainage, they can be planted on a slope or in a raised bed.
The Iris told me if I don’t take more pictures of them they would not bloom next year, they don’t know it but I deleted all the other pictures.
A yellow iris, in our yard. They come back from underground every year, or most of them do. Beautiful complex flowers.
I am pleased to be curator of a Gallery of fine photos of iris flowers, by other photographers. You are invited to visit it.
Thanks for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
ok, so i guess "feed me seymour" is a better title, huh?
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Mrs. Ford's love of gardening and horticulture was said to be second only to her devotion to her husband and family. Her tastes in gardening were simple, at least as far as design and color were concerned. She preferred old-fashioned plant varieties such as Bachelor Buttons, Petunias, Irises, Peonies, Tulips, Lillies, Heliotropes, Delphiniums, Forget-Me-Nots, English Primrose, Scilla and, of course, Roses planted in relatively informal patterns. Indoors, her fondness for gardening was expressed by a variety of small cut flowers in small glass vases that were displayed in each room. In addition, there were assortments of foliage plants, especially located in the Swimming Pool area.
Clara Ford spent many hours planning, touring, and pampering her treasured Blue, English, and Rose Gardens, always on the lookout for imperfections such as a misplaced marigold among a sea of aqua and sky-blue blossoms. Her efforts were recognized publicly when she served as a president of the Women's National Farm and Garden Association from 1927-34.
It has been a number of years since the majority of Fair Lane's elaborate gardens have been planted and pampered the way they must have been when Mrs. and Mr. Ford were in residence. Consider, if you will, that Mrs. Ford routinely employed 25 fulltime gardeners in 1926. However, while these gardeners helped to cultivate estate grounds, there were only five servants that maintained the entire residence.
It would be almost impossible for the Henry Ford Estate-Fair Lane, as a non-profit organization, to restore each garden area fully. However, restoration of certain areas to their early 1920's state is now proceeding. The garden scheme being implemented reflects the original plan of Jens Jensen.
Our purple iris is blooming. My favorite color.
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We will be out of town for several weeks.
I will try to catch up on the road as I can, but will probably not have WiFi connection everywhere we go.
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I caught an iris that had opened up so I could shoot down the top, the bristle pollen is under the canopy of each of the three purple chutes, the bees come in and out of.
that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough :-)
Rita Mae Brown
iris, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Canon EOS 300D - f/5.6 - 1/320sec - 100mm - ISO 100
- Iris sibirica
* General Description
The very attractive Siberian iris was first collected from the wild and planted in monasteries and royal gardens during the Middle Ages. The genus Iris was named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow, because of the wide variety of flower colours in this genus. The specific epithet sibirica refers to Siberia, where this species grows wild.
*Species Profile
Geography and distribution
Siberian iris is native to central and eastern Europe, ranging from north-eastern Turkey, European Russia and western Siberia in the east, to northern Italy in the west. It has become naturalised in other temperate regions, such as the British Isles and North America.
*Description
Overview: Iris sibirica has a rhizome (horizontal underground stem) and hollow, frequently branched, somewhat compressed vertical stems measuring 50-120 cm high.
*Leaves: The leaves are green, and there are usually a few small ones on the stem in addition to several basal leaves measuring 25-80 cm x 4-10 mm.
*Flowers: Each plant bears 1-3 (rarely 5), mid-blue to violet-blue (rarely white) flowers, measuring 5-7 cm in diameter. The pedicels measure up to 10 cm. The spathes (sheathing bracts) are brown and membranous at the time of flowering, and measure 2.5-5 cm. The perianth tube (formed by the petals and sepals) measures 4-7 mm. The falls (sepals of an iris) are 3-7 cm long, oblong to obovate (egg-shaped) and generally have a paler zone in the centre. The limbs (the expanded part of a corolla that has united petals) are obovate to orbicular in shape. The standard (the upper and usually largest petal) measures 2.5-6 x 1.2-2 cm, and is erect and narrowly obovate to elliptic. The style branches measure 3-4 x 0.5-0.8 cm and have erect, rounded to crenate lobes.
*Fruits: The fruit is a capsule 2-4 cm long with an ellipsoidal to sub-cylindrical shape. The seeds are flat.
Flowers are borne between May and July, and the seeds ripen between August and September. The flowers are hermaphroditic (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by insects. The plant is capable of self-fertilisation.
- Iris sibirica 'Perry's Blue' (Siberian Iris) is a clump-forming perennial with attractive sky blue flowers adorned with delicate white markings and dark veining on their falls. Blooming from late spring to early summer, the graceful, dainty blossoms rise atop sturdy flowerstalks, well above the foliage of upright, grassy, swordlike leaves.
Height: 60-90 cm