I was addicted to roses before the Iris addition.. I always dreamed of having a English Cottage Garden like they show in magazine. Not knowing any better I bought Iris from the big box stores so I don't know any of the real names. I do remember the name River Hawk .
About 6 years ago my friend Anita and I stopped at an Iris field where a man sold un-named Iris for 2.00 each. I think we each bought about 60 unmanned Iris. The next three years each spring we would go back and buy about the same amount. I remember the man telling us about these ladies that would come to buy Iris and they would leave mad because he didn't have named Iris. He called them Iris snobs. Anita and I didn't care about the Iris names we both just wanted beautiful gardens and now you know why I have so many un-named Iris. About 4 years ago I noticed a sign that said "Iris sale" that was not to far from where I live. This lady sold her named Iris for 3.00 each and all of them where named! Anyways I was hooked when I saw most of them in bloom and thought how gorgeous they looked. Then I found ATP. My Iris addiction is alive and well.
I was very little but I do remember my Grandmother having Iris that lined her driveway and hollyhocks by her porch. She had many other flowers in her garden but mostly I remember I loved to play with the seeds on the hollyhocks spreading the seeds in her garden.
