Name: Paul Utah (Zone 5b) Grandchildren are my greatest joy.
Wow Jo Ann...great picture and just a couple of days ago you said that you didn't think you could take them. Here are a couple of mine from this morning....... Expect Wonders
That's how I got mine. The blooms stayed open a long time for me. Some neighborhood kids stole the first blooms so I was glad there were some later ones opening!
"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black
Name: Bonnie Sojourner Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a) Magnolia zone
Great photos everyone! My coal seams had an identity problem early this year so I took it up and put it in a big bucket all by its self. The new growth on it is acting like an iris finally. Perhaps it was just the bad winter. It did not bloom but I did not expect it to after I moved it just before bloom season. I am going to keep it by itself just to see if it continues to behave.
Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing?
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so I was glad there were some later ones opening!
...And "fortunate Jo Ann ,for having such a lovely iris 
...Arlyn
