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Since I'll visit the memorial iris garden today, where I had taken so many iris shots (about 600) last year, I'd better upload more at a time. :-)
I still have lots of iris photos to upload. Even I do one a day, it'd still take about more than a year. Haha...
Taken @Presby Memorial Iris Gardens
The Gardens are in a park-like setting and open to the public without charge. Donations, however, are greatly appreciated. Each year Presby has over 10,000 visitors. Normally, the blooming season is May 14 to June 4. Check the Presby website (see External Links below) for the exact status of the current season.
The gardens were established in 1927 to honor Frank Presby, a noted horticulturalist and a founding member of the American Iris Society. This world-class collection now includes approximately 10,000 individual plants, representing 6 species and over 3,000 different named varieties of irises. It is the largest non-commercial garden dedicated to irises in the world.
"You who do not remember
passage from the other world
I tell you I could speak again: whatever
returns from oblivion returns
to find a voice:
from the center of my life came
a great fountain, deep blue
shadows on azure seawater."
The Wild Iris
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
20 May 2020.
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Dear Joan,
I believe this miniature iris is the same variety as the one your husband's ancestor brought it over from Germany in 1860's. It's amazing it's survived & thrived all these years. This top color may appear a little darker than the one you have, perhaps cause the day we went there was cloudy.
What do you think?
Just because it's a rainy day today, thus, I present to you these 3 irises with raindrops taken in springtime.
Happy Sunday!!
Today I'll visit the iris garden again (my 3rd time), got to upload more each day, as I've taken about 500 of them already. Each one is a different variety. NO KIDDING!!