Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Bearded iris


Bearded iris are fantastic garden plants. These pictured here are in containers temporarily while the bed they grow in is renovated. They are the only bearded varieties I have, and I don't know what they are. The purple and white one has been in our garden for as long as I can remember and I don't know how they got there (there are many of them). They were in huge clumps that were very desperate for division; I divided them last year and this year they are responding amazingly; Iris usually take two seasons to bloom well again after dividing. The yellow and red-purple one I bought last year for very cheap at a garage sale and this year it is twice the size. Because I have such a limited selection of Iris I am striving to get more.

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