Got (15 characters worth of) Irises?
My flower gardening, at one time rather expansive, has been winnowed down to a few hardy roses, some paniculata hydrangeas, some porch pots, and lots of irises. Here's a few of them. I'd love to see yours!
(Why Houzz insists on at least 15 characters in titles, I've no idea.)
High Point (shot through a window screen by necessity)
Screen Play and Odyssey
Swingtown
Perfect Pitch
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Comments (48)I did a Google search for Irises & Roses and Gardenweb. Found it on the first hit. As for the camera. Okay let me just say that I'm terrible with technology. I can use my computer at work because I've got the best tech support in the world, but I'm intimidated by the fancier cell phones, blackberries, etc. I didn't open my digital camera until a full year after it was given to me for Christmas. I used it while on vacation two weeks ago but haven't tried to download the images to my computer. The instruction manual alone is as thick as my thumb. Why is it necessary to have to take a class in order to use a fricken camera? Of course my partner says I'm terrible with anything outside of my normal routine. I've got an Irish Lap Harp (another X-Mas gift) that has been sitting in its case along with the instruction book and cd for three years. I even bought an electronic tuner - not that I know how to use it. The reason I like gardening is because the technology doesn't keep changing every time I blink. Okay, you have to stay on top of the latest chemicals and creative watering techniques, but the rest is a pretty static skill. And I don't follow landscape fads. Just my two cents worth, Patrick...See MorePlane snacks (and 15 characters for the title)
Comments (73)Most of us over the age of 65 have never had to worry about what we served when entertaining except for shellfish - perhaps a severe peanut allergy but I only know one man with this. He simply never eats anything prepared in anyone's home as he knows they probably have used peanuts or peanut butter in their mixing bowls/skillets. I usually just dealt with the shellfish by never serving it unless I absolutely knew my friends ate it. But when we were younger and had and went to lots of dinner parties, no one was on any "special diet" - no gluten-free (not sure anyone had even heard of gluten outside a home ec class!), no paleo, no Mediterranean, no vegans or vegetarian. When I was married 40 years ago, my matron of honor did not eat red meat at the rehearsal dinner, but she found plenty of other things on her plate and did not go hungry. I think she was the first person I knew who didn't eat red meat. If one has never learned to cook for such diets, it's pretty hard to learn, especially when entertaining. I never serve a recipe I have not prepared multiple times before. At my age, just preparing a meal for others is not easy and trying to figure out what is "allowed" is frankly just more than I am up to doing. I wonder how we all survived all those dinner parties in the past. Have people's bodies really changed that much? I don't remember anyone ever becoming ill and we all knew one another pretty wells....See MoreUgh, migraines and 15 characters
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Murraysmom, that's beautiful! I love the color. I remember most of the names of my irises because the names factored into many of my choices. High Point reminded me of Highmount, where my dad spent many happy times growing up. Swingtown because my daughter Gillian loved swing dancing, and Perfect Pitch because she was a musician.
Skibby, you remembered! Yes, it's still going (and growing) strong. It has just started blooming. Here it is last year.
5 years agoThis is Mistis, a Louisiana iris. Not a good rendition of the color....it is a mauvey pink. Louisiana irises are bog irises and grow best under wet conditions. Mistis is the first one I ever grew, and was given to me back in 1976, which started me on a love affair with Louisiana irises, since I had several ponds and grew waterlilies. At one time, I had about 150 varieties, and I loved to dabble with crossing them. Mistis is always the first to bloom....almost reliably on March 31st but bloomed very early this year, on March 23.
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Beautiful pictures! I do have a lot of them in all kinds of colors (wouldn’t it be weird if I didn’t?), but I don’t have any names. My favorite is probably the really dark red one. Don’t think I took pictures of them this year. Edited. Found a picture from last year, but the color doesn’t really show.
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Alisande, they were developed from hybridizing 5 species. Some occured naturally, and that got people interested in collecting them from the swamps of Louisiana, back around the 1940's, and from there, crossing and recrossing and they have really changed a lot now. Mistis is a fairly old variety. The newer varieties are very ruffled and fancy, but I kind of like the older ones. They go good with wildflowers.
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Yes, I can imagine, Marilyn! You must have been disappointed in those bearded irises. :-)
When an occasional one of mine gets knocked over I don't mind because a cut stem provides a lovely show at the window over my kitchen sink.
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