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 Probst, released in 2005

Miniature Tall Bearded (MTB)

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

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

2017-06-04 Maiduru Park Fukuoka, Japan

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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

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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

Humboldt Co., California

the new iris season is starting

Growing near our driveway

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.

...make me happy.

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Roman Noir X 'Forever Blue'

Our Garden 2018

Iris sibirica

Ernst

2003

Tall Bearded Iris

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

Iris

Minuteman National Paek, Concord MA.

The first iris to bloom in my garden this year.

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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Iris 'Swallowtail'