Wednesday Wrap-up

I have posted photos of some of these iris already, but not with as many blooms, and Dearest Sister needs…needs…to see them.

Hot Dog and Mustard (Yes, that is the real name!)

Silverado (we think). Very fragrant!
And then there are these. Not tall bearded, and funny in the bud formation.

And Tanzanian Tangerine surprised me today! One bloom stalk on a freshly relocated rhizome from last year. Always a gift. In fact, there are several bloom stalks that have shot up this week with the warmer than usual weather.

I am seeing some lilacs blooming around town, but mostly white and other hybrid varieties, or bushes in very protected places. My backyard bushes, the old fashioned kind, are not opening up. I think the really cold night a few weeks ago ‘nipped them in the bud’, as it were. So sad…but it’s always a race between the last frost and the lilacs here. This year, weather won. I love lilacs. Maybe next year.