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Meininger
2004
Tall Bearded Iris
Photographed at White Rock Gardens, Benton, Arkansas, a private iris and daylily display garden
Greener living is a relative and evolving state. Being somewhere between the beginning and the middle (there really is no "end") of a journey entailing discovery, evaluation and adaptation automatically means that there will always be questions, more to do and thing you could do better. . . . Learning to live greener is a process that takes time, and you shouldn't have unrealistic expectations that could sabotage your drive and eventual success. . . . Adopt a willingness to be a work in progress - it's really the only way to work and improve.
~ It's Easy Being Green, by Crissy Trask
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There is a bumper crop of Irises this year. In solid colours and in combinations of colours. Brampton Ontario Canada
I was out for a walk today in my local park when I noticed this early Iris nestling in the border, the wonderful colours really stood out against the bare border at this time of year, I couldn't resist taking a quick snap.
This was Thornes Park in Wakefield, West Yorkshire UK.
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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my most interesting on black: www.fluidr.com/photos/lindadevolder/interesting
I was invited to take photos at a member's garden and she had this delightful iris...It was waiting to be photographed and included on Flickr!
365 Days in Color (Mauve Make-up Photo)
1 June 2014