What's Blooming Outside Your Door, Part 2

Mary Frances bloomed today

I would be taking out garbage all the time...that is gorgeous. Did you notice the unseasonal nip in the air, feels so much like fall?

Double bloom of Cruise Control...

We had some terrible winds whipping through here Thursday and Friday, they knocked down some temporary fencing and tore all my old fashioned NOID Purple/Lavender Iris to the ground, they are now sitting on my table and the smell is just wonderful!

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I don't understand how with the weather so cold and I have a bloom bud on my Dahlia 'Seattle'

We get some nasty winds, too - we live very near the water and it "tunnels" up through our yard. It wasn't so bad until four years ago when the 20 acres in back of us was pretty much clear cut.

Carla, those iris are simply divine - and it always surprises me when I remember the lovely fragrance they have.

Lupine are still looking good even tho we had all that wind and rain, must be a very sturdy plant!

Murmur do you have any of those old fashion NOID iris? I am going to be dividing them again if you would like me to throw some aside for you...They would be great to put back there on your property line...I could even drop them in the dirt for you. If the weather ever warms up enough I am sure I could talk DH into riding the bike your way...

wow bea! I love the photos of your iris! I just ordered another 60 iris....and blamed it on you and your photos! LOL!

where do you order your iris from ?

Murmur..gorgeous garden! I would love to sit on your glider and just relax! Wonderful...
Cocoajuno..I love that cruise control. Yummy. I borrowed your picture for my "wanted" file..hope you don't mind.

I posted several macro shots today of Iris close ups on the photos forum macro 2 and macro 3. For those who love Iris's as much as me..take a peek. They are facinating close up.

The rain sure made a lot of the iris very soggy. The BI buds are like sponges. The buds are pretty much ruined and had to be removed today. I had a lot of dutch Iris fall over with the wind & rain yesterday. Have a big bouquet indoors now.. The season for Iris is much to short!

Bea, it seems like every year we get to get a few nice pictures of the Iris and then comes the rain to ruin them...but at least we can enjoy them for a day or two. Daylilies, Dahlias, and Iris are the backbone of my gardens. The other flowers are just jewelery for those three...lol

Persian Cornflower

anjl. I order from Cooleys garden here in Silverton and Schreiner's
in Salem. I have been ordering from them even before I moved to Oregon. Both are great companies with fantastic selection.
Both also put out beautiful catalogs that are hard to put down..


https://www.cooleysgardens.com/Default.aspx
http://www.schreinersgardens.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=SIGO

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Bea.... did you notice in the post above...I have a green watering can to match my green chair, I got it at "Big Lots" a couple of months ago when I went to visit Tilly at work...Great minds think alike!

thank you bea... off to do more shopping! lol, at least I can bring the iris with me when I move! :o)

cocoajuno..yes great minds..Now all I need is your pink lupines. They are fantastic. I have some I planted..but no flowers yet or even signs of flowers. I bought mixed seed and a few little starts from the nursery. I hope I will get some blooms this year. If not I will just look at your picture. They are great!
Persian coneflower is great. Have not seen that one before.

This salvia which is next to my pink chair would look real nice pared up with some pink lupines.. Got the wheels churning again..

On the other side of my pink chair I have my "Falling in Love" rose .
Behind the chair I have two climbing roses on 1 trellis. Eden and a deep red Noid. Colorful..but that's the way I like to mix things up. :)

Please make the time to take them. I could kick myself for not taking the ones I had in CA. Starting the collection again..just takes time & money..but good things are worth waiting for as the saying goes.

Incredible pictures you guys. Guess I'm the only one who didn't know that some iris were fragrant.

I have some that smell just like a lemon.... It is white with lemon beards... If you have not smelled Iris you are missing something special....some of the scents just simply smell cleaner than a summer rain...

Really?! I had no idea. Clearly I need some of these fancy iris. I have some that I "stole" from a house I rented. I had spent the summer cleaning up the debris in the back yard from several years of previous tenants and found the survivors underneath. They were pretty tiny and have not bloomed for me yet.

Love "fresh" and love the smell of lemon.

I will be dividing soon and will save some of the white and the purple/lavender for you if you like....I just ask that you d mail me so I remember...lol

Carla - that's so nice. Sure, I'd love some if you have extra. Thank you!!

Kathy, I hate to tell you, but there is an awesome iris coop going over in the coop forum just now. Excellent vendor. Great prices. Good time to start being 'into' iris.

Alas - no iris money. I can only wish and hope and keep working on my beds . . . maybe next time. But thanks, Pixy, my dear enabling friend.

OOOOOOOO Just love all those Pics, I got hooked ordered 51 of them, at least this time I will know what there are. I bought a bag of the small Irises that said mixed, but them in a planter box over the rail by the front door, and this is what I got. out of 12 only 2 are diff. at least so far.

This was this morning to greet me on the way out.

Hi Tills,
Hey you I have a lot of the white soldier Iris...lol... that is what I call them because they are so straight and you have a lot of purple....lets make a trade...deal?

Close up, still waiting for the other ones to open, don't know what they are yet, gotten last fall from Heidi and Pix and one of my own which is a greenish color.
No worry Kathy, you will most likey get a bunch, last year I only had 2 LOL

Deal, If I had knowen they where going to be the same color I would have done something a little Diff. LOL
Wondering what the other 2 will do. be green funny. I will mark them, when is the best time to do that? new to this Iris thing ^_^
Are we still on for the 16th? Boss might let me have a 3 day weekend LOL

Bea, I have some rebloomers that came from Cooleys. I need to divide them but am not sure when is the best time. And since I've never done this before, any suggestions? They've been blooming beautifully, but the rain is taking it's toll. Any and all suggestions appreciated.

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Tills,
Sorry the phone rang...yes we are on for the 16th! I emailed you today the directions and all...Wow what will you do if you have a 3 day weekend...
Iris can be moved just about anytime after blooming...they are fairly easy to dig and divide too...

Sally, here are links to a few articles about dividing Iris. Cooleys dig's theirs at the end of June and begins shipping early July. So I think you are safe after that date. You may wish to wait however until late August to enjoy the reblooms. (Before first frost)
http://gardening.about.com/od/perennials/ss/DividingIrid.htm
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/iris/2002045002020707.html

Mary, that blue iris is stunning. Sometime when they have expanded, save one for me, pretty please?
I just planted two irises, pulled from my grandmother's beds in Arkansas, with permission of course!
She had not lived there for, gosh, at least twenty years, but the current owner said she divides and moves
and throws a way, and they are still going strong. Will probably be a simple yellow or purple. Good old fashioned ones.

Thanks Bea. Here's a pic of one of them. New camera, and new to DG. Hope this works.

Well that worked,so here's a look at my iris. You can see they need dividing.

I really like this one.

Geez....I love them all!

I love that last one and they all are great. Welcome to PNW. We have a good time here.

Sally..you have a beautiful array of Iris's. Your new camera takes very nice photo's. If you have a macro setting on your camera , take
a look at Iris's from a close up perspective..they are facinating close up. There is a photo forum just for macro shots. Beautiful stuff always posted.
Welcome to DG..you will have such a good time and learn so much!!

The sun is shining today. My flowers are all enjoying the 70 deg weather! Me too! Spent much of the day pinching spent blooms on dutch Iris's in hopes the second flower will dry out and bloom.
They did not like that rain. Thisone made out great as it was protected next to the back of the house.

This lace vine has a ways to go to get up and over the arbor. She is making good progress and presenting a good photo opportunity.

oh no..she headed in the wrong direction...oops posted the picture upside down!! Duh!! Ahhh that's better!

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