So my obsession with iris started last summer with a pic of a flower seen on Facebook. It took me quite a while to find that one available anywhere; finally did it, though! In the time between seeing that first picture and purchasing a rhizome I found MASSES of amazing flowers to add to my garden, some with even more heartbreakingly beautiful blooms than that first one that caught my eye! Now I have multitudes that I'm so excited about for this upcoming year, several from a gardening friend here on this forum (you know who you are!), some purchased/some gifted from the Elmohr Iris Society (which I joined last summer!) and lots from various vendors recommended by you all here. So the flower that broke my iris block was:
Isn't she lovely???!!!!
Looking back on my purchases this year I know I'm going to have a riotous jumble of colors in my garden next spring/summer and I'm SO happy about it! No colors or shapes were off limits, anything that caught my eye made it into the basket, but there were very few solid colors that made the cut. I'll eventually figure out what I like, purchase or trade for companions that work together and move them around in my garden to complement but for this year I'm just looking forward to blooms and won't care how much each clashes with it's neighbor.
