Lucy, I am honored to have such a beautiful iris. Wow! That is incredible that you worked with the hybridizer.

So, I moseyed over to the farm before the rain started this morning and was happy to see a new bloom!
Puddy Tat


We also had another tiller slip. I have some work to do with the soil still. The smaller bed will be lined with my dwarfs and am going to try a perennial seed garden this year. Also putting in some daylilies on order. The big area is my husband's project for a new veggie garden.

I also forgot to post my pink saucer magnolia in full bloom. It went through snow and freezing temps!

What a beautiful area you live in Lindsay. Love all the little beauties in bloom too.

Many of us 'smaller hybridizers' exchanged ideas & sometimes plants. We don't work in a vacume.sp? At my age I am no longer really active, but at the beginning the late Bee Warburton was really on our case about trying out new ideas.

Lucy. ~ How lucky you were to be working with those "greats" of the iris world!

yes & we knew it at the time.

Well, the massive rains have finally stopped. We have had dams in the area breeched, lakes emptied, and lots of flooding. We thankfully were not effected by the flooding. The sun is out today and a few things are starting to open. Have lots of buds, too. Hopefully the warm weather that is predicted will get things going!

Bird Call-got as a bonus last year

Fantastic Blue (smells so good)

Vavoom

More Jewel Baby

Double Your Fun

Sad looking Betsy Boo

Easter

Nut Ruffles and more Glebe Brook I found.

glad that you are not near the flooding.

irisarian said:glad that you are not near the flooding.

Well, it is going to be a gorgeous Memorial Day weekend. We can officially be in groups of less than 10. My children are going to get to see their grandparents they haven't seen in 3-4 months. I have a nice 4 day weekend! Yesss!

Blooms today:
Leopard Print

Join in:

Raspberry Ice

Noid

Cat's Eye

Looked at tag next to it-edited-this is Double Overtime-an IB

Forever Blue

My photography companion, Sammi

She loves the chickens. She will watch them for hours.

Lindsay, Sammi That is so sweet!

lauriemorningglory said:Lindsay, Sammi That is so sweet!

More for Sammi
Your clump of Join In is gorgeous
for spending time with your grandchildren soon

Some from my morning walk
Carrot Flash

Carrot Flash with Join In

Historic noid that looks beautiful when it fills out

Thimble

Fantastic Blue filling out

Jewel Baby filling out

Another shot of Bird Call

Close up of Join In

Jennyanydots

Frisky calves who were playing King of the Hill

Lbsmitty said:Some from my morning walk
Carrot Flash

• Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris (Iris 'Carrot Flash')
• Uploaded by Lbsmitty

Carrot Flash with Join In

Lindsay, I've wondered how "orange" Carrot Flash really is. MidAmerica's image is very bright. This looks quite brown. Has it always been this color for you?

Laurie-this is my first year bloom. I don't think it's as bright as the catalog portrays. Still pretty, though. Pic of what it looks like this morning. Appears less vivid to eye. Did not do anything to photo. Taken on my Iphone.

Morning walk pics. Lots of buds waiting to open. Hopefully more pics later this evening. Family time today.
Honey Glazed starting

Precious Little Pink

Cosmos (Rasp.Jam and Blessed Again in back)

Blessed Again

Rainbow Rim still going

Betsy Boo

Love the bloom variations on Leopard Print

Blueberry Tart

Keep Off

Lunar Eclipse

Constant Companion

A little companion this morning

My first poppy this season

Work in progress on my planters

I am loving Thimble

Forever Blue clumping nicely

Lbsmitty said:

Kind of disappointing when you order a bright orange iris based on the picture, and it ends up fairly dull, but poppies are a reliable orange!

Sometimes too reliably orange! Especially when you keep ordering Beauty of Livermere (blood red) from various nurseries, and they keep blooming mid orange, one after another. These nurseries seem to have all gotten the idea that Beauty of Livermere blooms true from seed. It doesn't. It needs to be propagated by tissue culture or by division.

I didn't know there was an elusive red poppy. Wow! That would be nice to have. These ones are "wild" ones that pop up everywhere in my garden. My true orientals haven't started yet. I just have the basic orange, plum, and pink.

I am home and didn't see too many more buds open. Hopefully tomorrow. It is supposed to be quite warm. Just these:
Bluebeard's Ghost

Flower Shower with Decorum behind


Tripod

I kept smelling this wonderful smell. At first, I was sure it was the creeping phlox

I took a whiff. Although it smelled nice, it wasn't it. I turned around and spotted a cherry tree we've had for years. That was it! Wish you could smell these blooms!

A red poppy would sure be nice to have, but I would want it to reproduce by seed. I have a pink one. I like to use the seed heads in arrangements. They are so cool!



The poppy seed head is on left. Also shown: statice, safflower, eucalyptus, willow.