What exactly is a *moraine*?

That's why I asked what moraines are Tom. We always drove through the Kettle Moraine area enroute to friends of ours who live northeast of you.

When I was a very young boy, there were glaciers that passed through our state. As these huge masses of ice were pushed through, they acted like large bull dozers and moved a lot of rock, dirt, and clay with them. Grinding many of the stones into small partacles. When they reached their limit and melted, they left these large deposits of rock, dirt, and clay. Some were near the sides of the glaciers, (lateral moraines) and some were near the tip of the glaciers where they ended (terminal moraines) Today these Lateral morains appear to be long narrower hills running mostly North and South. The Terminal morains are more East and West oriented. It's believed that these glaciers wore down a somewhat mountainous region into the flatter area we have now. They think that there were several passes made by glaciers, and that some parts of the state didn't get hit by all of them (the driftless area in South Western Wisconsin) The scientists all agree there were at least 3 glaciers, but others think there may have been many more.

And here I thought you were a teenager when that happened ! You are younger than I thought ! .....Arlyn

Hee!!! And the little bits of dirt left here and there are drumlins. We have some in MI, but Wisconsin is the geology heaven for glacial study. And to think - you witnessed it all Tom. Wow!

Wow is right. I'm gonna be showin' a lot more respect for an elder!!!

Just call me "older then dirt"!

I don't remember sandy soil just north of Milwaukee, but I was there a long time ago. The neighbor behind us grew iris & he had boards between his few rows because of the mud when it rained.

Shouldn't that be "Older than Glacial Moraine"? Good name for an Iris...

Too Long.

Sounds too much like migraine.

Hey, that is a good name for an overly fragrant iris....Migraine Maker.

Those are the kind you hold in your hand while you go through all of the HIPS photos trying to ID it. Once the ID has been made, it goes outside fast!

I. pallida and Fabian are both Migraine Makers.

I would hate to be sensitive to fragrance, because that is one of the things I love most about an iris. Human genetics and it's infinite variables is so interesting. I can go on about how I love the scent of a particular iris, then my neighbor can smell it and say "well I guess it has a faint scent of some sort." Go figure.

I should have sent you "Indian Hills". It is the most fragrant Iris I know. Not much to look at, but in a clump they make quite the "whopper" smell. It is a sweet smell and not the "musky" "yuk" type.

I love floral fragrance but I have an Autumn Clematis that is in bloom now and every time I go out the gate it smells like I am stuck on an elevator in a perfume factory. I cut it to the ground last year but let it grow back this. I will not be letting it return in that spot next year. It is lovely 20 feet away.

We have some volunteer "Four o'clocks" (there must be another name!) in the corner of our garden. It starts blooming in late afternoon. It is one of my favorite scents. The lilies were a close second this year. Oh, and I forgot Daphne. And an iris that smells like grapes.

I think Four O'Clocks are just that, Jan. I forgot about them. They come in an assortment of lovely colors!!

I have always known them as Four O'Clocks too. I don't have any musky yuk smelling iris, well at least not the ones I had last spring!

Mirabilis something or other.. I've got a little surviving patch left from the previous inhabitants of this property.
I love scented flowers, foliage... I couldn't live without Freesia, Osmanthus, or roses. I'd be sad without the night scented air of pittosporum or abelia.. I even like the cloying smell of Paperwhites.. but I dislike most unnatural strong scents. I'm happy that most women (and men) around here have given up wearing perfume. The days of walking into an elevator with a Giorgio or Youth Dew-soaked person are pretty much behind us (Those were the two that did me in). Although I'll bet my Ex is still slathering himself in Chaps.. He never did have a clue.

LOL!!!

Or Brut! OMG but nothing is worse then Old Spice!