Comments on: Beautiful Surprise Purple Iris

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:28:23 +0000

Ellen, I especially love the bitione iris, with light purplish blue standards and the dark falls. They would make beautiful paintings.

By: ellen

ellen — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:10:58 +0000

Beautiful! This looks like the irises in my yard in Virginia. I love to paint them!

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:46:54 +0000

I didn’t know that some bloomed in the fall either. That would really extend the iris time. The delicate purple petals would look especially fine in the garden when most other blooms are fading.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:26:46 +0000

I have a purple bearded Iris that is in full bud and ready to bloom any day. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that they bloom in the fall as well as the spring. What a welcome treat this time of year.

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:10:05 +0000

# 10, it really took my breath away when I came upon this new iris unexpectedly in my garden. The colours fit in with the plants in that bed too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:39:03 +0000

beautiful

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:12:33 +0000

Shady Gardener, isn’t it fun to discover something of beauty in the garden that you weren’t expecting? The iris has 3 flowers blooming now, and a number of buds still to open. All of the falls have that lovely dark purple velvet look.

By: Shady Gardener

Shady Gardener — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:10:49 +0000

Beautiful surprise! :-) I had a surprise iris in my front corner Sunny Bed this Spring. I believe it’s a Dutch Iris that I didn’t know was there. I thought it’d been moved 6 years ago… but obviously a piece was left! (It had even spread and was blooming in several places. Pretty crazy! But very pretty!) ;-)

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:09:25 +0000

The Garden Ms.S, yes, I love the colour combinations, and the pattern of lines. Last fall and early this spring I almost pulled back these ones, since they were spreading so close to the peony and carnations. I assumed they were more of the yellow iris. I’m glad I delayed, and got a chance to see the wonderful new flowers.

Joy, I was delighted when I spotted it in the garden, and so surprised. There are many buds on the iris, and at least two fans, so it looks like I will be getting a number of flowers. It appears to have strong growth, so I hope it is as tolerant as the yellow iris, which I can place just about anywhere.

By: Joy

Joy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:08:46 +0000

That is a total BEAUTY ! .. I would be so elated for days, maybe weeks because we love our gardens so much as it is .. but to have an individual plant created like that … well it is absolutely wonderful ! Congratulations : )