Irises

[F, Calla & Luca]

Irises come in many colors. Some have "beards" and some do not. There are Siberian and Japanese irises. They are all beautiful to me although they are a little "formal. Here are some of mine. Please share yours.

[Christina and Cooper plus Benny]

These are some of mine!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Beautiful. I love the sky blue color.

[Linda and "Toby"]

WOW! That sky blue iris is gorgeous! Love the color!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I wish.....

[F, Calla & Luca]

Why not? Here are some for southern California and a how to. The bearded irises above actually came home in my suitcase from a Santa Rosa garden.
http://www.pacificcoastiris.org/RRgroPCI.html

[Sally loves Maple & Lucky]

Nice! the first one looks iridescent. beautiful.
here's my "black" iris.

[Linda and "Toby"]

Beautiful! I love how they come in so many beautiful shapes and colors!

[F, Calla & Luca]

They really come in just about the whole spectrum ,don't they. I don't think I've ever seen any red or ornge but there are pink and salmon.

[Linda and "Toby"]

Here are some from my mom's garden:

[F, Calla & Luca]

Gorgeous. I looove those Siberian irises. I may have to get a close up lens--darn.

[Linda and "Toby"]

I used a Canon 100mm with Macro. I LOVE this lens!!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Almost all of my flowers were here when I bought the house. Most of my bearded iris have already faded, but the Siberian iris are blooming. I think the gold of the one remaining bearded iris in this bed is very nice with the blue-violet of the Siberians.