I could add one

Today I cleaned up 3 raised Iris beds. They are 4' x 8'. I have 18 different Iris in each in 3 rows of 6. Most of them are doing well with a lot of increases but some are struggling. I will pot up a few of those and keep a close eye on the rest. Now I am getting anxious for my bloom season to get here.

But first I have 12 + more raised Iris beds to get cleaned up and examined. It would be great if I could get 3 done per day before the rain comes.

more blooms from 'autumn explosion'

first blooms of 2024 season from 'navy blues'

not a very good backdrop for 'handful of magic'. but, it's all she wrote for this stem. i cut it to take to an ailing neighbor. perhaps, i'll be able to capture more pics if this clump decides to put upmore stalks.

'handful of magic'

Blooms are starting to come fast.

Beyond Borders


Black Comedy


Bahama Blues

Bahama Blues is more ruffled than I like, but I keep it because it is so
amazingly vigorous and floriferous.



Peach Royale

A few more:

Stop the Traffic


Little Surfer Girl


Daughter of Stars - didn't bloom last year. I'd forgotten how beautiful this is.


Mulberry Magic


Vintage Vibe


Blinded by the Light - a really, really intense orange.


Tullyherron (Thank you, Daisy!)

I love Blinded By The Light and Tullyherron.

Andrea, I'm so glad that Tullyheron is doing well for you. Pretty, isn't it?!

It is gorgeous, Daisy. It has grown well for me - I have a really nice clump of it now.

Tellyherron

Tullyheron! Wow!!!

Daughter of Stars is such a gorgeous iris. Perhaps Don Spoon' best offering

beauties, andrea!

Daughter of Stars is one of my All Time Favorites!!!
This new one opened fully last night / early morning in the light rain we are having. Singularity's maiden bloom for me. I don't think there is another iris like it. Unfortunately I have to split the plant with my friend because we bought it together, but it has grown well and has 5 increases.

Andrea - that is a beautiful clump of Peach Royale. And I haven't seen Mulberry Magic in awhile. So pretty.

Some recents:

IB Astounded


SDB Sweet Magenta


TB Paprika Fono's


TB Indian Chief


BB Autumn Ivory


IB Micro Burst

(With tags on it; trying out this style. What do you all think?)

Just counted 40 buds in my iris garden - should be gorgeous in a week. 😍 Or so !

BlueRidgeGardener23 said:
IB Micro Burst

(With tags on it; trying out this style. What do you all think?)

I suggest a slightly smaller font so that the focus is on the bloom. The large, bold style kind of dominates the image. Also a smaller font will allow more room for 2 lines of text.

What does the "M" stand for?

Love Singularity!
I hope mine blooms this year.
I ordered it because it was so unusual,as you said, like nothing I had seen.

Blinded by the Light is one I will need to find for my gardens. I want an intense orange this year and that fits the bill. Will post pictures as my irises bloom. Alot are buried in weeds still as I try to restore the various areas of the gardens but while those buried probably won't bloom they are still good and healthy and will be ok for another year. A friend is helping me uncover them this year so hopefully I get the main beds done this year.

Laurie - I'm playing around with some fonts/styles. I'll see which one suits best - M stands for mid, or midseason bloom.

Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of tags on photos, especially if they are added to the database and so all that information is available on the related page. It's just adding clutter to a photo that doesn't necessarily need to be there.

However, if you do add tags/labels in the photos, my recommendation would be to make it unobtrusive so that it doesn't overlap key parts of the image, nor distract from what you're trying to capture/show with the photo.