Tian Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan. May 2008.

Iris 'Batik'

I had to crop this to get what I was after as this particular flower was in the middle of a public garden and I couldn't get close enough to it.

Iris come in many beautiful and delicate combinations.

Японский ирис. Ботанический сад МГУ // MSU Botanical Garden

Cliché pris à Guigues au Témiscamingue

Iris

Iris

This iris can be obtained there:

www.irisofsissinghurst.com/content/view/12/27/

There is a bumper crop of Irises this year. In solid colours and in combinations of colours. Brampton Ontario Canada

Watercolor on 140lb Fabriano cold pressed paper. 9" x 12 / 2009

Iris 'George' is a hybrid of Iris histrioides and Iris reticulata (at least according to the Pacific Bulb Society).

Brampton Ontario Canada

A133A X C164A

Blooming Iris. Wyckoff, NJ

An iris is referred to as "bearded" when the variety has hair-like structures on the drooping sepals, seen here in orange. Bearded Iris also tend to be quite fragrant, making them a great choice for the garden.

Photo taken at The Oregon Garden in Silverton, OR (USA).

The newest of the iris to bloom.

Loving the irises this year.

Cayeux winner

Taken at Argyle Acres on 04-26-08. I'll try to add the variety as I have time.

Profile of an Iris.

This is an odd iris. I believe the specific type is called a space-age iris because it has little weird poky things that stick out by the beards. It has a mottled spotty look to it. Not as appealing as the flashier purples, but interesting nonetheless.

Evansia Iris japonica 'Sylvia'

(Click image to enlarge) Early, Mid-season, 25" high. Larger flowers than 'Bourne Graceful', up to 4 1/2 across of silvery lavender white with deeper flecks and gold crests. Some ruflled. broad glossy dark foliage. Best given some protection from harsh sun, wind amd frost. We planted them under the canopy of acasia trees in leafy moist soil with morning sun. Posted & supplied bare rooted. www.carrollscountrygardensnursery.net

A bearded iris glowing in the morning sun.

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A couple of nice Irises caught in PEI

Species from eastern North America

Common name: Dwarf Crested Iris

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

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Hybridized by George Sutton, released in 1999

Intermediate Bearded (IB)

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

Hybridized by Sutton, released in 2005

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

iris bicapitata (Prof. Maretta Colasante, 1989, Gargano Peninsula, Italy);

Bearded irises cultivar Mary Todd

iris

Iris seed pod (Iris douglasiana). Wunderlich County Park. Woodside, San Mateo Co., Calif.

Marmelad Sky

Iris

The Sass brothers bred this in Nebraska in 1938. Beautiful in bud and bloom. I like the curiously tucked falls.

Hybridized by Lauer, introduced in 2003

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