Garden Photos 2011 one per day # 4

Beautiful!

thank you!

Yes, the colors on that Ronnie are scrumptious!!!

I don't know why my columbine do so poorly, but they never look like yours, Jo......lovely colors in the phlox & begonia!

Beautiful colors today!

I agree

I like everyone's flower's, but I really like pixie's Blueish Purple flower close to the top of this forumn. What kind of flower is this? I think the Children are Sweet and really good looking.

Thank you Rosey, do you mean this one?
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=8431866
It is a Japanese Iris

Celeste our one HD carries nice plants.. proven winners and brands like that... they always have the volcano phlox

The name of today's gorgeous bloom of the day is Spanish Leather. Reminds me of the old commercials with Ricardo Montalban - "rich Corinthian leather..."

I agree about the shots recently. Huge fan of that lily 'green eyes' that Pixie posted as well as that begonia from luvsgrtdanes, but I want to see the dogs too! I also really liked that no-id lily Pirl posted with tarragon.

I am a tarragon lover. Instead of vinegar I take the last harvest and put it in the Cuisinart with unsalted butter and then form it into logs and freeze them to use during the winter with mushrooms or chicken or fish or whatever that I want to have tarragon in. Works great.

I am posting a shot DH took in the last, hopefully, snow fall of the season on March 23 2011 which I find hauntingly beautiful of Iris histrioides Katherine Hodgkin. Sorry to show more snow. Patti

Katharine is lovely--the dutch spell it with an 'e' which annoys people in the British Iris society which has a reticulata show in Feb. People plant new pots or 'pans' with them in the fall & they are judged in the show. We should get some more next yr as our poor little single is hanging on but really needs company.

I went around taking a few shots today before everything gets covered up again

Thanks for explaining the two common spelling of Katherine/Katharine. You will enjoy this blog. http://prairiebreak.blogspot.com/2011/03/whats-in-name.html

or this

I made a new thread with spring flowers
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1168785/

Yes Pixie, the Japanses Iris is the one I really like, Where could a person get this? I would like to get this if I could.

Here ya go Rosey....this will get you started. ^_^
http://www.ensata.com/HTML/PlantPages/japanese_ac.htm
http://www.eartheartgardens.com/index_files/mcewen_japanese_iris.htm
http://www.flowerfantasy.net/shop/category.php?id_category=23

Too bad our own PollyK is already sold out for 2011 as I have gotten great Japanese as well as lots of stella siberians from her. Always next year. I have some coming from Ensata this spring, but will check out those other two Pixie62560 has posted. Thanks. Patti

http://www.siberianirisgardens.com/

Patti - Eartheart is SO worth the visit! Sharon is so professional and so pleasant and the gardens are so gorgeous. Sharon holds the JI Garden Day the second Sunday in July.

JI's are potted up in advance of the sale and I bought many but this one with 12 fans had to be the most generous of all!

Thanks Pirl. It could cost me. Patti

As usual.Whats money for anyway.

K. Hodgkin is a beautiful iris....the catalog photos don't do it justice......

Taking nothing away from that beauty, but every time I see that name it reminds me of the cancer.

My Dad had non Hodgkin's lymphoma....never made the connection.....

my mother too.Had it for 15 years,died at ninety anyway.
No meds either.

My Dad was cancer free for 7 years....heart attack got him, ....he was 84, lived longer than anyone else in his family....

Thanks for the recommendation Patti!

A couple of other nice places to get Japanese are

http://www.snowpeakiris.com/

http://greywoodfarm.squarespace.com/

Patti, I would advise you not look at the second link, LOL

Earthart great for New England,

Oh, dear, Polly.....I looked! Very nice selections.....

I think I have all the Greywood ones except for this years intros, Marilyn. I think she is the premier hybridizer of JIs. Darlyn's Japanese iris are all huge, fluffy, gorgeous! And she is a super nice lady too.

might have to check that place out polly! need some ji's

Bill!

i know:) they are tempting

Love the sky blue ones.....

pretty Rosewater, Pirl

Patti, that's a gorgeous shot of the purple Iris reticulata from 3/29. Love the one in the snow, too. I know you were hoping that would be the last snow of the season, the we got more Thurs. night. At least here we did. Did you get any there? Then it changed to rain, and now snow is all gone. Yay! Today is good gardening weather. I have more beds to clean out.

Allison, I love that Volcano phlox. Might have to get myself some this year.

Jo, that's a pretty shot of your garden from last summer. So much color!

Ronnie, that begonia has a luscious color.

Gorgeous pic of the iris blooms, Pirl! Was that taken at Eartheart? Now I want to take a trip up there. Greywoods is up that way, too, right off of 95. I could do both in one day.

Karen

Thanks Pixie

Your welcome Rosry, have fun.
I didn't put the link to Polly's because she was sold out for the season...I did NOT forget about her. :) I also didn't put too many as I didn't want poor Rosey to be overloaded! LOL

Awwww Pixie. I would never forget you either. LOL.

So, which Japanese iris is that, anyway?