Siberian Iris

Yesterday they were all buds but today they started to open! Whoo Hoo!

Recognize these?

Alison's Red, blooming today.

Stranger than Fiction?

This is your Mom's Iris. Except it doesn't look like your Mom's Iris. It looks like the Iris you posted that I didn't know I had. Now that I see it, I think it is the double blue that came from Judy. I will get her to look when she is out this weekend. So something is up with my maps. Going to be a winter activity to go through the old maps and figure it out though. My current map definitely shows this spot as where I planted the second Iris from you. Maybe your Mom's will bloom too and I will figure it out sooner.

Your Mom's Iris

I can't believe how tall they are ! My 'Deirdre' are really trying to open and the tulips look great today still. That is the Cerastium in the very back of the tulip photo. It is getting huge. No rain. Got a lot done but I am wiped out now.

Sweep of Tulips

You asked for a sweep of tulips and it is actually harder than I thought it would be to do that. A lot of the new tulips are shorter and now that most of them are blooming, there is other stuff in the way and it turns out it is not possible to take a photo around a curve! To give you perspective, I am standing at the entryway to the Firepit Yard beside the iris, taking the photo towards the Slide Garden. The white tulip in front is part of the 'Plum Pudding Mix' and there are 3 patches of them going that direction out toward the 'Therese Bugnet' Roses along the lawn. The next are the 'Zurel' and they go to the left all along the drive to the Siberian Iris. To the right of the 'Zurel' is the new Dwarf Burning Bush I put in last Fall. Then come the 'Gavota' with 'Happy Generation' beside them out of the frame but you can see the second patch of them just opening between the 'Gavota' and the carnation which... I think... might be 'King of Blacks'. Just above and to the right of the 'Gavota' blooms, is the first patch of 'Flaming Parrot' Tulips that are in full bud but not yet open. Above from that in the center are the 'Davenport', which partially opened early this morning when we had some sun. The Davenport go around that corner to the right out of view. They are directly behind the 'Therese Bugnet', so follow that curve. At the top is the row going around the Slide end, starting with the 'Mickey Mouse' and 'Ballerina' in front of them. There are 'Deirdre' behind and beside the 'Mickey Mouse' but they are also in full bud rather than in bloom today. Then the 'Monte Carlo' and 'Calgary Flame' and if you could see more off to the left, you would see the 'Mickey Mouse' repeat at the end of that row. The 'Opus' Lily Kelly brought is directly behind the the 'Calgary Flame' and those are Narcissus shoots in front of them. The Lily beside the 'Opus' is the multi-flowering pink 'Elodie'. Your Moms' Iris is directly behind the largest 'Monte Carlo' patch (one on the right) and has two buds today.  Although, they are actually on the other side of the slide from the tulips. Hard to get depth and length in the same shot while trying to fit in the most variety of tulips. LOL ! I am linking the 'Antoinette' and 'Happy Generation' on Sleepy Hollow because they both changed color today.

The Plan From Last Fall

I love it when a plan comes together. This is almost exactly like I pictured it last year. It is the bed by the firepit slide that Kelly dug. You can see the 'Calgary Flame' Tulips between the 'Monte Carlo' Tulips. The shoots coming up between them are Narcissus 'Tahiti' and in the very front are the Grape Hyacinth but only one lone one is blooming so far. The Painted Daisy to the right of the front 'Monte Carlo' patch is the one I uprooted as a weed but it looks recovered. The Iris up from that are one of the ones you sent out... I think the one you liked more. The cages are moved from there now, I did that after I took the photo. All three Spirea came back and up in the very top right is the Cerastium that I moved last fall. It started opening today. The 'Ballerina' tulips are just to the right of this with the Painted Daisy. For a new bed last year, I couldn't be happier that everything seems to have survived the winter. We will see for sure when the lily are all in bloom and I can see if any are missing.