Iris Line

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Iris Line

April 28, 2016 by dorannrule

Sadly neglected irises are the flowers we count on to return to our trial-and-error Virginia garden year after year. I bought the bulbs nearly 20 years ago, planted them in a line and left the bed virtually untended forever after. Ignored and all but forgotten over each winter, the brilliantly purple blooms unfailingly return and return again in the Spring – more beautiful than ever.

Iris Line

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on April 28, 2016 at 9:16 pm ritaroberts

Hi Dora, I love the Iris and am about to put on a post about its history you may be interested in. !!

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on April 28, 2016 at 10:51 pm Jill Weatherholt

Beautiful, Dor! It’s hard to believe they’re 20 years old.

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on April 29, 2016 at 12:04 am Kate Crimmins

Irises are like that. I just wished they would bloom more than once but their huge flowers sort of make up for that.

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on April 29, 2016 at 2:37 am Mama's Empty Nest

Well, they certainly don’t look neglected! So pretty. Irises and gladiolas came up year after year in my mom’s flower garden for as long as I can remember. Your photo brought back those sweet memories.

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on April 29, 2016 at 7:27 am Dianna

Same here. But I count among my irises one that my aunt shared with me a few years ago – one that my mom had shared with her many, many years ago. It’s a treasure!

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on April 29, 2016 at 12:27 pm Eliza Waters

They seem to thrive on your neglect! 🙂

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on April 29, 2016 at 3:22 pm dorannrule

I am looking forward to your post on the history of the Iris!

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on April 29, 2016 at 3:25 pm dorannrule

I agree Jill… I can hardly believe the Irises are that old and still thriving.

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on April 29, 2016 at 3:29 pm dorannrule

It’s like the red bud trees here. They are ordinary weedy things all year but then have their springtime show of glory. I suppose Irises are the same.

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on April 29, 2016 at 3:31 pm dorannrule

Maybe the oldies are what they now call “heirloom” varieties. 🙂

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on April 29, 2016 at 3:33 pm dorannrule

I always forget how people share such plants through generations. The Stonewall Jackson House garden in town has so many of those “originals.”

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on April 29, 2016 at 3:34 pm dorannrule

If only my body would so thrive as well! 🙂

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on April 30, 2016 at 12:37 am Kate Crimmins

Irises do have that nice dark green spikey foliage to enjoy.

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on April 30, 2016 at 6:42 am dorannrule

All in all, Irises are comforting plants/bulbs/flowers. 🙂

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on April 30, 2016 at 9:57 am Eliza Waters

Ha, too sensitive an instrument! 😉

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on April 30, 2016 at 3:19 pm dorannrule

:):)

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on April 30, 2016 at 4:17 pm Lori Lipsky

Pretty amazing for twenty years!

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on May 1, 2016 at 2:43 am dorannrule

🙂 I wish I looked as good! 🙂

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on May 22, 2016 at 5:14 pm pattisj

Yes, and they MULTIPLY with abandon!

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