Photographed at the West Tennessee Iris Society. I was on an Iris mission today!

We saw a park with lots of Iris blooming while we were driving in Hokkaido. We turned around and went back and marvelled at the smorgasboard of exquisite blooms. These are but a few of the many.

From the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens

Backyard Beauty

(Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W30)

Douglas iris

Growing on Carson Ridge, Mount Tamalpais

Would love to know the name of this one

This is the iris i was so lucky to get from Chuck Chapman. I think it is gorgeous but I am not really sure it is the original species, i am more inclined to think it is a more modern hybrid.

Still, i won't blame it for being too beautiful and a great parent: it gave me 'Quagga', didn' it?

Have a look at Bob Gutowski 's Iris variegata 'Regina' that looks more the part!

Happy Mother's Day Mama

Last month, these were in bloom.

in our garden

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This photo was taken this morning. The Iris just opened up. I used my macro lens to get in close.

Just one of my Irises. This one is supposed to bloom again later in the summer. So far it hasn't done that, so may be false advertising. Oh well, it is beautiful in the spring.

Pentax DA 10-17mm f3.5-4.5

Another one from the garden.

hmm, the greeeeeen.

Love that old Tamron lens!

From My Garden

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In our garden

Iris

Belgium.

National Botanic Garden.

www.br.fgov.be/PUBLIC/GENERAL/index.php

Iris latifolia, the English iris, also known as I. xiphiodes and I. anglica, is a hardy flowering bulbous species of the iris genus, in the family Iridaceae. It is native to the Pyrenees of Northwestern Spain. It is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its blue flowers which appear in early Summer.

I. latifolia grows to a height of 50 cm. The plant produces two or three deep blue flowers with yellow marks in the center of the lower petals. Flowers have six tepals and are 12-13 cm in diameter. Leaves are stiff and sword-shaped, approximately 60 cm long, and dark green to teal in color. Leaves begin growth in early spring, before the snow has entirely melted. It is a bulbous iris, as opposed to a rhizomatous iris. The bulb has a thin, dark brown skin and grows 10– 15 cm deep in the ground.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_latifolia

After a rain in Regent's Park, London.

He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress.

~ Anwar Sadat

Not a very artful shot, but the purpose here was strictly to show the size of the bearded iris.

Original photo.

Lens: Minolta MC Rokkor-X PG 50mm f/1.4.

at the Schemeters' garden

Four Holes Swamp

At Battery Boutelle.

Iris blooming at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Explored.