This blue bearded iris used to grow in a front yard along my walk to the bus stop. For years I admired it each spring and wished I had the nerve to snag just one offshoot to take home. I never met the home owners or I would have asked. Then one day there was a big dumpster and a crew of workers scraping the ground bare! I asked if I might pull some plants out of their piles. They said no, probably liability concerns. I was heartbroken. On the way home from the bus stop that evening, the dumpster was still there, full. I thought the iris would be buried under yards of sod but when I looked in, there they were, neatly stacked in a corner right on top. Im certain one of the workers must have overheard my request and secretly stashed them there for me.

That was years ago. Since then these have multiplied and bloomed magnificently.

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In my bog garden

I really love the color of these. They're amazing.

Species from eastern North America

Common name: Dwarf Crested Iris

Growing in our back yard in the Broadmoor Neighborhood, Little Rock

Hybridized by Byers, released in 1988

Winner of the American Dykes Medal in 1997

Photographed at White Rock Gardens, Benton, Arkansas, a private daffodil, iris, and daylily display garden

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the new iris season is starting

Growing near our driveway

Hybridized by Ensminger and released in 1985

Photographed at White Rock Gardens, Benton, Arkansas, a private daffodil, iris, and daylily display garden

We visited the Argyle Acres Iris Farm, in Argyle, Texas. If you like iris, this is your kind of place. They sell over 500 varieties and in April many of them are on display in their huge garden.

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Roman Noir X 'Forever Blue'

Another backyard flower shot

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Ernst

2003

Tall Bearded Iris

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

seen at Point Reyes National Seashore, CA

Minuteman National Paek, Concord MA.

Iris germanica Confetti

Iris germanica Espada

I tried to futz around with f-stops and things, do a close up with the rest of the garden in view.... It wasn't exactly what I thought it would be, but it's nice enough to include....

This is one of the iris that came with our rental. This is the first time it's bloomed in 3 springs!

Broadmoor Neighborhood, Little Rock, Arkansas

Since I saw this Iris on a TV show, I've been wanting to get one, but never seen it in any stores. Until today when I visited Yard Bird in Vallejo. I've never seen an actual Zebra Iris in person and it's foliage is stunning.

(Iris pallida 'Variegata') Family: Iridaceae

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