Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS MEMORIAL DAY 2015, 4 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
OK--here is the same blue/white Iris that I have had since 2007.

1--Here is the "Stairway to Heaven" (?) one just this month. The colors are paler--perhaps time takes a toll? My yukky camera? Perhaps the soil is "worn out"? I seldom fertilize anything....

2&3--I also have a solid light blue iris--pretty much the same shade as the above--
just all blue. One clump of this one is smack against the bed edging.
I could dig it up.....

4 & 5--Also--I have a deep, solid purple Iris that i know I can share--as it has been
sitting potted up in a couple 8" bulb pots since "The Big Iris Dig"...(don't ask!)
This deep purple iris is from my long-deceased Uncle's garden.
Same story---he died--house and yard sat untended--I dug some up.


See? The camera I have now just does nor p/u the true shades of blues or reds.
Same flower--different shade of purple.