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.
