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Purple Bearded Iris
Photo source: sgbrown aka Rockcreek Photography
Spring has sprung and the cold, icy weather is behind us for
another year. The weather is warming up and the flowers are beginning to bloom.
One of my favorite flowers for spring is the bearded iris. I never grew iris until I moved out into the country and
many of them had been planted here by the previous owners. I fell in love with
their beauty the first time they bloomed!
The blooms are small but so beautiful!
There is a rock ledge on one side of our property and the
previous owner had lined part of this ledge with these iris. These blooms are
not the largest I have seen but they put on such a show when they all bloom at
the same time along this ledge.
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These blooms are rather small but they are
white with small purple stripes around the edges and they bloom like crazy!
My favorite would have to be these purple ones. Their blooms
are large and they have the sweetest smell! I have these planted in different
areas around my yard and I can smell their sweet scent as I walk near them.
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As far as the “showiest”, I guess that’s a word, would have
to be these. I don’t know the name of this particular species, but the blooms
are a deep purple and yellow and they stand out so beautifully! I have these
planted around one of my trees where they get some shade during the heat of the
day.
I had transplanted some of the dark purple and yellow ones
to a more sunny location last year where they get full sun all day and when
they bloomed, their colors were not as rich, but they are still beautiful! I had created a small flower bed behind the rain gauge that hubby stuck out in the yard. It looked rather lonely, I thought, out there all by itself. Now the iris have grown around it to the point that we can barely read it! (Yeah, I am hearing about it.) LOL
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I am also particularly fond of the white bearded iris. White
flowers just have a beauty and purity that is so simple. I love the way that
during the dusky hours of the evening, when all the others flowers seem to fade
into the darkness, the white flowers stand out as though they almost glow in
the dark.
If you don’t have any bearded iris growing in your yard,
think about planting some. They are hardy perennials that put on such a
beautiful show in the spring time and their blade like foliage remains as an
interesting addition to the greenery of your yard.
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