A lightly edited reblog of a post from this day in 2021.
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!
The Wabash Tall Bearded Iris, introduced in 1936, an is an award-winning heirloom flower.
A group of Honorabile Iris. This vigorous heirloom bearded iris was introduced in Paris in 1840, and carried across the United States by the pioneers.
The Amas Iris was collected in Turkey in the late 1800s. It is larger than many other irises.
Pallida Sweet Irises are prized for their sweet grape-like or powdery scent. Many modern irises have only a mild scent, or no scent at all.
Beautiful Irises!
Thanks. It is a good iris year around here.
We had a productive Spring for the Iris here this year too. I had more Iris in my yard this year than I have had in the last five years. They are beautiful while they last!
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.
Gorgeous Julie!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed them!
What beauties!
A little colorful uplift to our day, I hope!
Indeed!
One of my favorite flowers!
They are my favorites for this time of year, along with peonies.
Beautiful! I can see why they were named rainbow.
I agree, Pepper.
Oh, how lovely colours!
Thank you! 😉
Thank you. Wishing you a good week!
Thanks. The same to you!
I like bothe the pictures and the explanations
Thanks, Derrick. 😉
And I hadn’t know the rainbow connection
I didn’t know that either until recently.
I LOVE these photos. What spectacular flowers! And such interesting historical roots in different parts of the world… We have a patch of iris — maybe honorabile? — at the end of our driveway nearest the sidewalk upon which mountains of snow (plus some snow melt/salt/sand) are piled each winter. And they manage to thrive, expanding into a larger and larger explosion of color each spring. My favorite are the Pallida Sweet irises which smell like grape soda. We have a few of them, too. Thank you for this glorious visit with your garden! PS: I think rainbow in Spanish is “arco iris…”
Thanks for those kind words. I love the way irises pretty much take of themselves. I have been watching the Chelsea Garden Show this week, and some of the new hybrids have amazing colors . Irises like good drainage, so I bet the sand doesn’t hurt them. But the salt is probably a question!
Gorgeous!
Thanks, Eliza. I’m betting you have many colors in your garden, as well.
Yellow, ‘root beer, white and purple. 🙂
Such beautiful irises. I love the mix of colours and the sense of history in your garden.
Thank you, Anita. I’m glad you enjoyed them. 😉