Name: Niki Bend, Oregon (Zone 6a) Flowers are food for the soul.
The World of Irises, Bee Warburton, 1978, page 161. "The strong fuzzy beards of the liliputs, inherited from I. pumila, are a delightful ornament..." Genetics gave us the delightful SDBs 🙂
Alien Mist has neat beards.
"The Earth laughs in flowers."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson