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A great iris because it does not need staking and stays nice and compact.
My Perennial Garden
June 6, 2014
Iris virginica 'Janet Our Friend'
(Click image to enlarge) Hybridizer Janet Hutchinson. Registered 30 June 2007 by Craig Carroll. Easy to grow in bog, pond, wet or moist normal garden beds. 30" high. Flower 2 1/2", color light mauve, flower mid-spring.
Fast shutter speed (1/1250) in daylight with handheld flash to camera right. Nikon CLS with Auto-FP set to prevent dark banding.
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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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
Iris atropurpurea, the coastal iris, is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Iris and in the Oncocyclus section. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from Israel. It has glaucous, linear, falcate leaves.
Scientific name: Iris atropurpurea
Higher classification: Irises
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.
A full view of a purple and white Iris in bloom. The bees have been busy, and if you look closely, you may note pollen falling on the purple petals.