Blooming today, SDB Hot

I'm impressed with this little guy - planted in September, bloomed in October and now blooming again.

Several other irises have stalks with buds on them, so I'm hoping some might open before we next leave.
And of course there's my good friend Rosalie Figge, happy to bloom whatever the month:

You have new blooms, Mika! Lucky you. Is this France or England?

It's France, Bonnie. I've seen buds on Irish Darling, St Petersburg, Blueberry Tart, It's Not Over, Je M'Appelle Reviens (I think!) and a few others. In England we won't see any iris action for a while yet!

I've been picking mimosa for the house - I really love it, it's like a sign of warm Spring weather on the way. Wish I could send you a bunch to put in a vase by your bed - it's so cheerful and it smells lovely.



How are you getting on with Tom's hot toddies?

Wow, 2018 blooms already! Your pictures of Hot are lovely.

2018 blooms.

HAPPY 2018!

Lestv said:Wow, 2018 blooms already! Your pictures of Hot are lovely.

Maybe two months or so from now I'll see blooms - although Little Stitches continues to send up a flower every few weeks.
Nice photos, Mika!

Thinking I might have some chanterelles up behind the house, I caught sight of this as I was walking by.
Iris unguicularis 'Ginny Hunt'. This is apparently not a registered name.. Flowers are much larger than the species.


'Ginny Mitchell' is blooming, but not worth a picture (she's trying...).. also in bloom are 'Eleanor Roosevelt' and 'Grape Echo' and a few others with stalks..

'Mariposa Autumn' is open.. not an award winning stalk, but A+ for the middle of January.


'Flower Shower' has been a great SDB for rebloom here.

Love your Ginny Hunt, Sherry; also Flower Shower, which I haven't seen before.

cliftoncat said: Love your Ginny Hunt, Sherry; also Flower Shower, which I haven't seen before.

they are very pretty. Here in Nebraska, it's still in the teens or negatives in temperature. I really dislike the cold in January. But once March comes, my irises will pop up and bloom. Some of you guys are lucky to have blooms in January. ( I am so jealous )

It's great to have early blooms, Ian, but of course the earlier they start, the earlier they finish....

You're right Mika, then you wont see the iris blooms for that long in the spring.

...unless she is in England.

Yes, there is that, Evelyn - I can in theory move from iris season in France to iris season in England. But in practice I always seem to get the timing a bit wrong, so finish up not seeing certain blooms in both places!

Mika ~

Mika - guess you have to work on your timing! Everybody arranges their schedules by their iris don't they?

A lovely start to the season, Mika and Sherry.
Yellow happens to be one of my favorite spring colors and SDB 'Hot' sure looks warming on a grey day and who can resist the charm of Iris unguicularis 'Ginny Hunt'?

Only hellebores are brave enough to flower at this time of year here!

I have several blooming Hellebores and the first Winter Aconite of the year showed up earlier this week. Almost spring!