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en banlieue parisienne

Full and purple

Iris macrosiphon, Napa Co., CA

Taken in the moments before dawn.

wish you a sunny & relaxed weekend!

Government House, Victoria BC

they are so photogenic.

Close up... of course. :-)

Virgin Falls Trail, TN 4/07

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This iris can be obtained there: www.irisofsissinghurst.co m/content/view/12/27/

Iris siberica, NE Seattle, King Co., WA, 14 May 2014.

I have this beautiful Iris Versicolor Kermasina growing in my garden pond. It flowers once a year for a couple of weeks so it needs capturing with my camera!

Another view of the returned dutch irises with the peach in teh background

Iris

A117D X Serenity Prayer

planted these bulbs about 3 yrs ago. Theyve come up every year.

We had never seen irises like these before.

The Butchart Gardens began when the Butchart family moved to Vancouver Island to open a limestone quarry and cement plant. Jennie Butchart was an avid gardener, and when the quarry was exhausted, she worked to create her vision of a grand garden.

We took a day tour from Vancouver to Victoria which, of course, included a ferry ride. Our tour guide was wonderful, and the tour itself included stops in downtown Vancouver and the Butchart Gardens.

Spring flowers blooming in my gardening in April - 2011.

Genus Iris, family Iridaceae

As if we would walk into the mouth of a mythic lion.

please click to see on black background, thanks.

Iris Fest. at Koiwa iris garden.

iris

Plant World, Newton Abbot, Devon, UK - Jun '06

Siberian Iris