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I get my wife a bouquet every week (maybe longer, if they last ;) ) Keeps her happy and gives me subjects for my photos :) A win-win situation :)
"Tennessee Bicentennial Iris Garden
In 1953, 2,500 iris rhizomes from the gardens of Mrs. Morgan Ketchum were donated, and the Ketchum Memorial Iris Garden was created. This gift marked the beginning of planned beds and displays for the Gardens of Audubon Park, later to become Memphis Botanic Garden. Later designated as the Tennessee Bicentennial Iris Garden, this breath-taking area with well-tended circular beds and statue of the goddess Iris in the center of a serene reflecting pool, is a focal point for Garden visitors and a scenic spot for garden weddings.
Bearded Irises are the primary species of iris in the garden, with hundreds of varieties of bearded irises planted here. Other types of irises planted in the garden include Louisiana, Japanese, Siberian, and Spuria."
Quoted material taken as it appeared at www.memphisbotanicgarden.com/thegardens on 29 APR 2013.
The Iris takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris.
Dedicated to Matthew Bowers.
16/9/1969 - 9/4/1997
Matthew was a beautiful young man who died nine years ago today.
he was the treasured son of my cousin Helen and her husband Peter .
This bloomed outside "Arco Iris" (the house in Spain where Matt is remembered) right on cue. We didn't even know it was growing there.
Lauer
2006
Photographed at White Rock Gardens, Benton, Arkansas, a private daffodil, iris, and daylily display garden
Take Feb. 4, 2006 -- the warm winter has fulled the flowers in to blooming early this year. It had just rained.
At the Japanese Gardens, in Portland, Oregon. I went out this morning - the irises are just starting to bloom, only a few of them, but those few are beautiful....
Note: this is worth viewing large to see the details.
Species from southern Europe
An early blooming species iris with a good fragrance. Can be found across most of the United States in gardens and cemeteries.
Broadmoor Neighborhood, Little Rock, Arkansas
more interesting larger. This is the first iris bloom in my yard this year, earlier than most of this variety - they like this spot against the brick, it retains heat from the afternoon sun
Dwarf Crested Iris is a common spring wildflower in the Smoky Mountains and typically grows in clusters.
Johnson
2007
Photographed at White Rock Gardens, Benton, Arkansas, a private daffodil, iris, and daylily display garden
Niswonger
2001
Tall Bearded Iris
Growing in my front yard. Broadmoor Neighborhood, Little Rock, Arkansas
Jones
1967
Standard Dwarf Bearded
Cook-Douglas Medal 1972
Broadmoor Neighborhood, Little Rock, Arkansas