(Note: All pictures may be enlarged by clicking on them once or twice.)
I won’t claim that Betsy and I have a grand master plan for our yard, but we do try to have color in the yard in each season. Irises provide color between the Spring bulbs (daffodils and tulips) and our roses.
We have several different varieties in our yard — the collage above shows five of them. In the top row I have Clarence iris on the left and Waltz Across Texas on the right.
The bottom row shows (from left to right) Cantina, Blatant and Tennessee Vol. It should be no surprise that Tennessee Vol is Betsy’s favorite — she’s one of the most dedicated University of Tennessee Volunteers fans you will ever meet.
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May 30, 2013 at 4:42 am |
What gorgeous shots and flowers!
May 30, 2013 at 5:13 am |
My favourite non-native flowers!! Cantina is my favourite – for some reason I’m attracted to the darkest of dark purple. Maybe that’s because there aren’t so many RED ones …
May 30, 2013 at 7:36 am |
They are each lovely and that’s great that you have Tennessee Vol in your garden! Have a good day, George.
May 30, 2013 at 8:03 am |
gorgeous, i am choosing the waltzing one for my favorite today
May 30, 2013 at 9:14 am |
They’re all beautiful, but I’m partial to the Blatant. I love its combination of colors.
May 30, 2013 at 9:56 am |
I really like the colors on Blatant.
May 30, 2013 at 10:54 am |
Wonderful George! I have been noticing a lot of the wild ones on our walks lately and would love to start planting some in our garden. Have a great day!
May 30, 2013 at 11:29 am |
My iris are just now blooming! One of my favorite smells of all times.
Linda
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May 30, 2013 at 11:41 am |
I love them all! Enjoy
May 30, 2013 at 1:46 pm |
Well, you’ve finally done it, it is TOO hard to pick a favorite! They are stunning up close.
May 30, 2013 at 1:56 pm |
Each of your Irises is a show stopper.
May 30, 2013 at 2:04 pm |
Beautiful variety of flowers in your garden.
May 31, 2013 at 12:10 am |
We never had Irises in our small garden and when looking at Your photos, I have to sigh – very beautiful.
May 31, 2013 at 7:40 pm |
The Iris are blooming out this way too. They make such a statement in the yards. We don’t have any—I think it is about time……MB
May 31, 2013 at 11:35 pm |
Beautiful flowers, beautiful composition, I like such wonderful colours:) Greetings
June 1, 2013 at 6:24 am |
You guys have a beautiful yard. It’s easy to see that you put a lot of work into it.
June 1, 2013 at 10:36 am |
Your irises are lovely! I like the collage too.
June 1, 2013 at 8:35 pm |
They are so beautiful!
June 4, 2013 at 2:22 pm |
Those colours are unreal.
June 7, 2013 at 8:29 pm |
You really have a great variety of iris! Beautiful.