Well, now I see the beard is wrong and I'm beginning to worry the iris may indeed be a bit sinister, some child of 'Witches' Sabbath' maybe...
How ya doing with it today Mary?

dirtdorphins said:Well, now I see the beard is wrong and I'm beginning to worry the iris may indeed be a bit sinister, some child of 'Witches' Sabbath' maybe...
How ya doing with it today Mary?

Dirt,

I barely made it through the night. Winds whipped around the house, coyotes (probably wolves pretending to be coyotes) howled, and things went thump in the night. The evil iris looked even more evil today. I fear my days may be fewer than they would have been had I not planted that iris.

Oh no, desperate times call for desperate measures--stealth plant it in someone's yard who deserves it and treemail me your address and your choice of replacements!

urania1 said:I could use some help with this NOID.

This one is beautiful! Like a little guardian angel to protect you from any evil iris in your garden!

I am behind in posting. I have been doing a huge plant installation at my house, but here is my favorite thus far this year.

TB 'Undertow'

Love Undertow.

Undertow is lovely, but so is that poor dark iris you are so afraid of. I think it has stunning color. And feel rather sorry for it too.

' Love Undertow'!

Lestv said:Undertow is lovely, but so is that poor dark iris you are so afraid of. I think it has stunning color. And feel rather sorry for it too.

Leslie, I can't believe you are taking the evil iris's side. I have been living through a veritable reign of terror. I decapitate it. It puts up more stalks. I fear to sleep at night. The peonies have all had to go into therapy for PTSD.

Your evil iris is definitely not vivacious vixen. The beard color is all wrong for that.

Too Too funny-that" evil woman "of yours ,Mary

Mary, she is not evil. Just misunderstood.

Wicked witch of the south?

Are you referring to me or the iris Lucy? (kidding)

I'm actually feeling a little sorry for the evil one myself (shhhh-don't tell Mary)

Mary: Undertow is very pretty and I love love love Fried Bologna. It looks like fried Bologna My brother and I loved making fried bologna when we were young. Because of the way it curled up, we called them Mexican Hats.

dirtdorphins said:
I'm actually feeling a little sorry for the evil one myself (shhhh-don't tell Mary)

Et tu Dirt? I feel betrayed. Apart from the evil NOID who continues to trouble my sleep, all is going pretty well although some of the irises are looking as if they have been doing some heavy drinking when I am not around. I head out to the garden every morning and find them listing this way and that. I am definitely going to put my foot down … as soon as I have had a few drinks myself.

The really exciting news here, apart from installing a mini wildflower meadow where my side yard used to be is that TB 'Feodosiya' finally bloomed after a four-year wait. It is quite pretty. I only hope she doesn't take four more years before she blooms again. I wasn't able to get a picture that captured her daintiness. Her flowers flowers are small but I think I prefer that to some of the top heavy divas.

Feodosiya was worth the 4 year wait

I am behind in posting pictures. I am behind in planting, I am behind in ordering, and I am definitely behind in visiting my favorite local nurseries. So I will post a few irises everyday as my show is probably about 3/4 of the way done.

TB 'Mythology' is always a strong bloomer for me, blooms for a long time, and doesn't fall down.


A mystery iris. Based on its planting location, it was planted last year, but it has no tag. It must be a bonus as it isn't on my spreadsheet. It looks like it might be 'Howler.'