Show Us Your Blooms - Spring 2015 - Part 1 in the Irises forum

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Zencat

Mar 19, 2015 8:19 PM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)

I, for one, don't care where I see the pretty blooms.

| @Zencat | Post #812501 (1)

Lestv

Mar 19, 2015 8:36 PM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Thanks Celia.

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #812511 (2)

iciris

Mar 19, 2015 10:35 PM CST

Name: Barbara
Northern CA (Zone 9a)

Leslie, I could stare at your sunset picture all night long. Just beautiful!
Barbara

• “Whoever said, ‘Do something right and you won’t have to do it again’ never weeded a garden.” – Anonymous

| @iciris | Post #812580 (3)

Linneaj

Mar 20, 2015 12:55 AM CST

Name: Linnea
Southern Maine, border 5b/6a (Zone 5b)

I loved the Camellias!

Don't make fear based decisions.

| @Linneaj | Post #812609 (4)

gemini_sage

Mar 20, 2015 5:36 AM CST

Name: Neal Linville
Winchester, KY (Zone 6a)

Leslie, that sunset pic is breathtaking!

"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi

| @gemini_sage | Post #812650 (5)

Lestv

Mar 20, 2015 7:47 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Thanks Neal. That was nature's doing. I just happened to catch it.

Linnea - I love the camelias too. I am itching to go into the neighbors yard to give them the good pruning they really need (after bloomtime). I already prune back the rhododendrons, so I don't think he would mind. The three camelia bushes are always loaded with blooms, but almost always bloom too early and get some frost damage.

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #812709 (6)

Muddymitts

Mar 20, 2015 8:02 AM CST

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Your sky picture is incredible, Leslie!!!

Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com)

| @Muddymitts | Post #812720 (7)

crowrita1

Mar 20, 2015 9:34 AM CST

Name: Arlyn
Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a)

On a similar note, did any of you get a glimpse of the Northern Lights a couple nights ago ? We could just make out a 'glimmer"of them, here.

| @crowrita1 | Post #812780 (8)

Moiris

Mar 20, 2015 10:12 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Marilyn
Central California (Zone 9b)

We are too far south to see them. I would love someday to travel north to see them...as well as some of the beautiful country up yonder!

| @Moiris | Post #812835 (9)

Lestv

Mar 20, 2015 10:21 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Everyone back home in Michigan got a great show. There were some impressive videos. Too far South down here. I miss seeing them.

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #812843 (10)

irisarian

Mar 20, 2015 2:12 PM CST

Name: Lucy
Tri Cities, WA (Zone 6b)
irises

No luck here.

| @irisarian | Post #812993 (11)

Muddymitts

Mar 20, 2015 6:32 PM CST

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

I have been *north* hundreds of times. Every season of the year. Never once have I seen the Northern Lights. They evade me.

Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com)

| @Muddymitts | Post #813189 (12)

piksihk

Mar 20, 2015 7:35 PM CST

Name: Betsy
Texas (Zone 9a)
In the beginning GOD created ...

This is the first time it has bloomed - NOID. Does it look familiar?

Intermediate Bearded Iris (Iris 'Crimson King')
Uploaded by piksihk

| @piksihk | Post #813254 (13)

UndertheSun

Mar 21, 2015 1:10 AM CST

(Zone 9b)

Managua

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Celebration')
Uploaded by UndertheSun

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Celebration')
Uploaded by UndertheSun

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Celebration')
Uploaded by UndertheSun

A NoID

| @UndertheSun | Post #813410 (14)

Muddymitts

Mar 21, 2015 6:46 AM CST

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Beautiful, beautiful!!!

Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com)

| @Muddymitts | Post #813448 (15)

Lestv

Mar 21, 2015 9:53 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Muddymitts said:I have been *north* hundreds of times. Every season of the year. Never once have I seen the Northern Lights. They evade me.

They aren't a common siting, so it is pretty easy to miss them. And it is just sheer luck to be outside and notice them too.

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #813534 (16)

crowrita1

Mar 21, 2015 10:30 AM CST

Name: Arlyn
Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a)

Our TV weatherman said it was "possible" to see them, because of the strong solar storms....and, by golly !, For once he was right

| @crowrita1 | Post #813571 (17)

gemini_sage

Mar 21, 2015 11:40 AM CST

Name: Neal Linville
Winchester, KY (Zone 6a)

Thankful for these early season starters! I. reticulata 'Harmony' coming along nicely. I think I actually got a whiff of them today! I was bent over nearby and caught a light, sweet fragrance on the breeze. Hmmmm....makes me think these need to be planted by the 100!

Reticulated Iris (Iris reticulata 'Harmony.')
Uploaded by gemini_sage

Reticulated Iris (Iris reticulata 'Harmony.')
Uploaded by gemini_sage

"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi

| @gemini_sage | Post #813637 (18)

Henhouse

Mar 21, 2015 9:28 PM CST

Name: Sherry Austin
Santa Cruz, CA (Zone 9a)

Hi Betsy @piksihk
Crimson King is one of my earliest to bloom. It's not terribly tall.. somewhere around 22". It reblooms occasionally for me in California, and is very vigorous in growth. That would be my guess..

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

| @Henhouse | Post #813959 (19)

irisarian

Mar 21, 2015 9:41 PM CST

Name: Lucy
Tri Cities, WA (Zone 6b)
irises

I love the shade of blue of Harmony. Our other one is Katharine Hodgkin. Need more.

| @irisarian | Post #813965 (20)