I was fascinated with this Iris, the only one that I saw that had bifurcated the purple and the white/purple stripes on one petal. 
Ooooh, what a blue!
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I've never seen a two tone iris petal like that! Wow! And what a great blue!
ReplyDeleteMe neither! I wish I could find out the names of the Irises they planted...I'll have to go back and read that plaque, perhaps that will give me a clue as who to ask.
ReplyDeleteMy garden is being strange this year. Some things are doing better than ever - things have even appeared that I've haven't seen before in the four years I've lived here. And yet my stand of blue irises have only produced about a quarter of its usual number of flowers. they're very beautiful, though - violet/blue with white spots.
ReplyDeletebeauty of blue..it looks like frill
ReplyDeleteregards