Ancient Irises

Iris means “rainbow” in Greek.

In Greek mythology, the goddess Iris carried messages from heaven to earth on the arc of the rainbow. Beautiful flowers appeared wherever she set foot on the ground.

Irises in a rainbow of colors are blooming in my garden this week!

4 thoughts on “Ancient Irises

  1. Lovely to see these beautiful bearded irises, which always seem so traditional and so different from the small genus of South African wild irises that I posted about recently.

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