Iris germanica 'Poesie'

5-24-15, Iris at Mid America Iris Gardens, Salem Oregon.

For my cousin Kathy who loves flowers, especially Iris.

2009/04 - In my garden

We stopped in Parkes today and walked down to the shops after setting up the van. Golden hour was very flattering to the spring gardens on the way

I believe this is an iris. The picture was taken at the Portland Japanese Garden.

I didn't see that interesting bit of orange until I looked @ my photo on the computer.

Hybridized by Marky Smith, released in 1997

Intermediate Bearded (IB) Iris

Dykes Medal Winner 2008

My spring pictures seem to be mainly irises, pansies and bluebonnets, but that is what I'm seeing the most. I will always love the iris because it is such a beautiful flower. This shot was taken midday so there was a lot of sun light, but the colors still show up well.

I photographed this one following a light rain at our former residence in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Since I have proclaimed February to be Iris month for our painting group, I decided to put up two more iris for members to paint, if they like. This may be downloaded by members for their use.

Join our group and paint with us!

Painting Challenge now open for February

Come play at:

www.flickr.com/groups/1348962@N21/discuss/721576259146040...

Iris 'Sikh' (Baker, 1926), Thanks, Jane!

Iris 'Late Lilac' bloomed in May but I waited for identification before posting.

Some flowers just bring joy to the yard.

水元公園

Lighting for Strobist Group : 1 x 580ex ii speedlite camera right front and low, with diffuser, on HSS. White cards as reflectors below subject and camera left above. Speedlite fired by ettl cable.

Iris reticulata

Riverfront Park,

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Bearded Iris, Maine

Same one!

Cayeux hybrid

iris

A beautiful flower from my neighbor's yard.

Hybridized by Marky Smith, released in 1997

Intermediate Bearded (IB) Iris

Dykes Medal Winner 2008

平安神宮神苑

Keppel

2009

TB

Photographed at the Arkansas State Capitol Iris Garden, Little Rock, Arkansas

Irises and daisies.

Hybridized by Byers, released in 1989

Reblooming Tall Bearded (TB) Iris

Growing in our front yard - Broadmoor Neighborhood, Little Rock, Arkansas

I am not so much into flowers, but I have seen some splendid examples at Flickr. So I dedicate this flower to baby7, alfarman, Emily Quinton and Lucy Huntzinger. I like the delicate arteries and alsothe background wall is not bad.

Inscription X Captive Sun

Semis (Offsprings)

It's a 2004 cross. i was a total novice then, i don't know what i did, or didn't do, but only one seedling survived the winter and the wet spring, and it was EITJE! Piece of cake: i didn't have to decide who would live and who would die,( which is the name of the game when you hybridize...).

EITJE means 'little egg', and that fits the colour range it has, but there is a second meaning to this word in Dutch, it also means 'easy', 'easily done'. So EITJE it was!

Pod & Pol fertile.

'Eitje'is available at Marianne Joosten's, in The Netherlands:

www.kwekerij-joosten.nl/catalogus/catalogus.aspx?ProduktS...

and in France, at Jean-Luc Gestreau's : www.ferme-des-iris.com/Catalogue/Creations-LOIC-TASQU.html

C'est un croisement de 2004. J' étais complètement novice, je ne sais pas ce que j'ai fait, ou pas fait, mais un seul semis a survécu à l'hiver et au printemps humide, et c'était EITJE ! Super facile: je nai pas eu a décider de qui vivrait ou qui mourrait, (ce qui est la règle du jeu en hybridation...).

EITJE veut dire "Petit Oeuf", ce qui correspond assez bien à ses couleurs, mais ce mot a un deuxième sens en Hollandais, il peut aussi signifier "facile", "facilement fait", "les doigts dans le nez" ! C'était donc le nom parfait!

Fertile dans les deux sens.

On peut se procurer 'Eitje' chez Marianne Joosten, aux Pays-Bas:

www.kwekerij-joosten.nl/catalogus/catalogus.aspx?ProduktS...

ainsi qu'en France, chez Jean-Luc Gestreau : www.ferme-des-iris.com/Catalogue/Creations-LOIC-TASQU.html