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Okay, it’s official.  The irises are popping up faster than I can write about them.  This morning when I left the house, the only one that was new was War Chief (finally, a red in my red, [...]

Aggressively Forward tall bearded iris has the honor of being the first iris to have bloomed for me this season, which is surprising since many others, like Batik or Old Black Magic, are supposed [...]

Type: Tall Bearded (TB) Style: Amoena Height: 33″ Color: Blue Originator: Cayeux, Richard Year: 1989 Bloom Season: Early midseason This is one of those irises that looks pretty in pictures [...]

 Type: Tall Bearded (TB) Style: Self Height: 38″ Color: White Originator: Schreiner Year: 2003 Bloom Season: Late Although the descriptions of Porcelain Angel say it blooms late, it was the [...]

Sunday, March 10, 2013 I didn’t have plans to go in the garden so early in the season.  But on my way home from Sunday brunch the air was so balmy and beautiful I couldn’t make myself [...]