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Out of all of the irises next to the house, there are only two flower stalks. I was given these last spring and quickly transplanted them where they took and seemed to be fine. There is just a lack of flowers. My aunt said she got some irises from my other aunt and planted them ten years ago. They are healthy but have never bloomed once.
5/26/07 - Update. I think I may know. I noticed a couple of days ago that a cat had "marked" the plants. Also, the rain from the eaves falls directly on the irises and creates quite a pool. I'll have to move them this fall to a new location. Perhaps on the fence.
Meininger
2004
Tall Bearded Iris
Photographed at White Rock Gardens, Benton, Arkansas, a private iris and daylily display garden
All important rain that makes life and my garden possible, and the lack of rain which makes the desert such a wonderful place to live. My favorite smell is desert rain, if it happened often it would smell like mold! This is rain on the iris back in March and my favorite quote by Rumi though all I find of his writing is very inspirational.
I had fun playing with the different font options this week
Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic Garden
Iris graminea is a beardless dwarf spuria iris that grows from a rhizome to 8-18” tall. It is native from Spain to Russia and throughout the Caucasus. In the wild, it comes in a variety of different forms depending on geographic location. Plants from central Europe generally have grass like leaves with flower spikes that are somewhat hidden by the foliage. Each flower spike bears two flowers (to 3” long) which have purple standards, purple style branches and violet falls with violet-veined, yellowish-white hafts. Flowers have a fruity aroma somewhat reminiscent of ripe plums, hence the sometimes used common names for this plant of plum iris or plum-scented iris. Flowers bloom in June. Grassy foliage clump may elongate after bloom. Graminea means grass in obvious reference to the grass-like clump of leaves.
www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/plant.asp?code=B678
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We had never seen irises like these before.
The Butchart Gardens began when the Butchart family moved to Vancouver Island to open a limestone quarry and cement plant. Jennie Butchart was an avid gardener, and when the quarry was exhausted, she worked to create her vision of a grand garden.
We took a day tour from Vancouver to Victoria which, of course, included a ferry ride. Our tour guide was wonderful, and the tour itself included stops in downtown Vancouver and the Butchart Gardens.