Those are cute little blooms! Early Sunshine would be very welcome in my garden!

You and several others have made me want a lot of non-TB sized beardeds....

So pretty Bonnie... for us Your parade of beauty has bugun!!!

They are sweet little iris blooms! It is a slow start, Elsa, but the little stalks forming are a promise of things to come.

Nice start to the season, Bonnie! Looks like the little Drambuie you sent last year made it through the winter here. Hope I get to see it this spring.

Pretty colors on that iris.

May everyone have a safe and productive weekend!

I think sometimes I carry the "fellowship" thing a bit too far ! I had about 4 hours to work in the garden, this afternoon....but spent at least half of it talking to the passers-by

It is supposed to rain here tonight and tomorrow a bit. If it doesn't I will put the hoses out Monday. It will cool down and a bit of frost is expected then the warm-up next week will help more blooms to open. I expect Gold Reward to be the next one.

I can't feed the fire ants until the next sunny day. They don't forage on an overcast day when rain is expected.

SDB Outspoken, Paul Black 2011



This is a really lovely little iris. It is heavily overcast here and the iris does not glow like it does in the sunshine. It has more bloom stalks and I will get a photo later of a sun bloom. This one does well in spite of the fire ants loving the tub they are living in. I have not cleaned it up as well as I should have due to the ants.

I have Outspoken and it is really a great grower. Of course, my bloom season is a few weeks off but can't wait to see it blooming. Increases like crazy!!!

And, Janie, it has never failed to bloom during the spring bloom season. It gets high marks here.

So cute. Love the colourings on it.

Dutch iris have started blooming here.

Outspoken

Another beautiful little iris opened today.....

SDB Sparks Fly, Paul Black, 2000



This was open before the sun came up and I took photos without much light. I will get a photo later in natural light after the heavy cloud cover leaves.

This is a reliable little iris. It grows and multiplies well and so far I have had a bloom every spring from it. I know when Debra posts a photo of Sparks Fly in bloom I will have one the next week.

I love this iris.

Good to hear from ya, Will. Is that Blue Magic in the fore-front?

Bonnie, I don't know how you've done it, but you have made me want a loooot of SDBs. I never have had anything smaller than a TB bloom (that will change soon!) and so when I joined this site, I certainly was impartial to only really wanting TBs because I did not know what the smaller irises were like. That has changed.

I have only three (SDBs), but I might be more excited to see them bloom than I thought.

I'm not sure Monty, I got those particular ones as part of a mixed batch. I like knowing the variety of plants I grow but not as much as I love a bargain and I got those pretty cheap.

Bonnie: Your Reds are really lovely.

Hi Will: Great to hear North Carolina is back in business!!!!

SDB Gold Reward, J. T. Aitken, 2016



This little iris is more gold than my camera shows. It is tall for an SDB, perhaps 14 inches, and it really shows up well at the back of the iris bed. I have only had this one two years but so far it has bloomed each year.

Tonight it is supposed to dip into the upper 20's so The blooms will slow doen for a day or two.

Beautiful pictures, Bonnie and Uncle Will.

May everyone be blessed with a great growing season!