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

Hybridized by Keith Keppel, introduced in 2009

Growing in our front yard, Broadmoor Neighborhood, Little Rock, Arkansas

We stopped in Parkes today and walked down to the shops after setting up the van. Golden hour was very flattering to the spring gardens on the way

I believe this is an iris. The picture was taken at the Portland Japanese Garden.

Close up of an iris, taken with a Canon 50D + 60mm macro lens [IMG_2169 Iris]

I didn't see that interesting bit of orange until I looked @ my photo on the computer.

Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata). Cloudland Canyon State Park, Dade County, Georgia.

My spring pictures seem to be mainly irises, pansies and bluebonnets, but that is what I'm seeing the most. I will always love the iris because it is such a beautiful flower. This shot was taken midday so there was a lot of sun light, but the colors still show up well.

Since I have proclaimed February to be Iris month for our painting group, I decided to put up two more iris for members to paint, if they like. This may be downloaded by members for their use.

Join our group and paint with us!

Painting Challenge now open for February

Come play at:

www.flickr.com/groups/1348962@N21/discuss/721576259146040...

Iris 'Sikh' (Baker, 1926), Thanks, Jane!

Another backyard flower shot

Prime Hook NWR, DE; May 2008

Iris 'Late Lilac' bloomed in May but I waited for identification before posting.

iris

Douglas iris

Growing on Carson Ridge, Mount Tamalpais

Some flowers just bring joy to the yard.

Iris and Wyatt on Completion Day.

水元公園

Same one!

I have no idea what these structures are. Anyone else know?

Iris

The Bearded Irises are now in bloom and have multiplied since I planted them. Their interesting coloring is certainly welcome on this sunny day (for a change).

Giardino dell'Iris

Riverfront Park,

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

..blüht gerade im Nachbargarten,trotz der Minusgrade!

Inscription X Captive Sun

Semis (Offsprings)

It's a 2004 cross. i was a total novice then, i don't know what i did, or didn't do, but only one seedling survived the winter and the wet spring, and it was EITJE! Piece of cake: i didn't have to decide who would live and who would die,( which is the name of the game when you hybridize...).

EITJE means 'little egg', and that fits the colour range it has, but there is a second meaning to this word in Dutch, it also means 'easy', 'easily done'. So EITJE it was!

Pod & Pol fertile.

'Eitje'is available at Marianne Joosten's, in The Netherlands:

www.kwekerij-joosten.nl/catalogus/catalogus.aspx?ProduktS...

and in France, at Jean-Luc Gestreau's : www.ferme-des-iris.com/Catalogue/Creations-LOIC-TASQU.html

C'est un croisement de 2004. J' étais complètement novice, je ne sais pas ce que j'ai fait, ou pas fait, mais un seul semis a survécu à l'hiver et au printemps humide, et c'était EITJE ! Super facile: je nai pas eu a décider de qui vivrait ou qui mourrait, (ce qui est la règle du jeu en hybridation...).

EITJE veut dire "Petit Oeuf", ce qui correspond assez bien à ses couleurs, mais ce mot a un deuxième sens en Hollandais, il peut aussi signifier "facile", "facilement fait", "les doigts dans le nez" ! C'était donc le nom parfait!

Fertile dans les deux sens.

On peut se procurer 'Eitje' chez Marianne Joosten, aux Pays-Bas:

www.kwekerij-joosten.nl/catalogus/catalogus.aspx?ProduktS...

ainsi qu'en France, chez Jean-Luc Gestreau : www.ferme-des-iris.com/Catalogue/Creations-LOIC-TASQU.html

Irises

Tasco

2003

TB

Photographed in my back yard, Broadmoor Neighborhood, Little Rock

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Rapportés du jardin d'une amie l'année dernière, ces iris fleurissent pour la première fois chez moi

Taken last year from a friend's garden, these are blooming for the first time in mine

Cayeux hybrid

Tall Bearded Iris 'Mulberry' is in bloom in the perennial border of Lily Pool Terrace. Photo by Rebecca Bullene.

From My Garden.