My irises have come back! I don’t know why they thrill me so much, but they do. Maybe it’s because I have very little idea of how they work, unlike roses, so they’re a constant surprise. Or maybe it’s simply that I’m surprised that I didn’t manage to kill them last year when I divided them.
I only have three kinds, and I have no idea what they’re called. They’re all lumped together under the heading of “bearded iris”. But they were given to me by an award winning iris cultivator who had to move out of his two acre garden and nursery. All of them are his babies.
Also, my viburnums are blooming. Yay! The snowball viburnum, especially, makes me happy. We call it our popcorn ball tree. The finches, chickadees, goldfinches and robins all love it as well.
In less than awesome news, most of my melons withered and died back. I think the change in weather last week was just toooo much for them. I should have left the cover on for another couple of weeks. Live and learn. I cut them back to see if they’d grow from the two new leaves at the nearest axial, but I don’t know if that will work. Because I’ve got nothing to lose with them at this point, I direct sowed a few seeds and we’ll see if they grow. What the heck, it’s worth a shot.
Pic 1: The white iris, complete with bee.
Pic 2: The pale lavender iris.
Pic 3: The bronze and purple iris in the morning sunshine.
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Comments
HollyBee wrote:
Beautiful irises!
Posted on 29 May 12 (12 months ago)
anelson wrote:
Melons in Seattle??? I’m impressed with your sense of adventure. Your irises are lovely.
Posted on 29 May 12 (12 months ago)
Tralamander wrote:
Great photos!
Posted on 29 May 12 (12 months ago)
SneIrish wrote:
Very pretty Irises!
Posted on 29 May 12 (12 months ago)
LouiseM wrote:
Your viburnum is lovely – I can see why you call it your popcorn ball tree. The irises are exquisite as well.
Posted on 30 May 12 (12 months ago)
rainymountain wrote:
Lovely irises, especially the last. I share your excitment about irises, mine are still buds.
Posted on 30 May 12 (12 months ago)
Hedge wrote:
All three are gorgeous! Iris’s confuse the heck out me too. I have purple giant bearded irisis. I had 2 separate clumps planted in a bed. Same soil, light, water and nutrients. One clump blooms every year. The other clump, nothing. The clumps were the same size. Last fall I divided the clumps. Same thing … One set bloomed this year. The other set … nothing! I can’t figure it out?
Posted on 31 May 12 (12 months ago)
glgardener wrote:
Love irises and yours’ are gorgeous!! I like your little visitor also. :-)
I recently took some cuttings from a friends’ shrub that looks very similar to your snowball viburnum. She had no idea what it was called.
Posted on 31 May 12 (12 months ago)
Motherhen wrote:
Really pretty
Posted on 04 Jun 12 (12 months ago)
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