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Finally some blooms!

15 years ago

This has been a long cold winter. Things are just now beginning to pop out. And, of course, today it's back to raining again. It started out nice and sunny and decent temps. Now this. I'm so sick of rain and cold I could scream!

Anyway, the irises are popping up like crazy and should be in full bloom in another week or so, providing it warms back up again and the rain goes away. Geesh...

These two were taken this morning before the rain.

CREDIBLE JUSTIFICATION (as you can see, I need to finish weeding...)

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RED RIDER (this poor baby is growing up into one of my rose bushes)

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This was taken a couple weeks ago.

an unknown white naturalized one that was here when we moved in 10yrs ago...

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sylviatexas1
15 years ago
Yay!

Beautiful photos!

It seems to me that the irises here have been sparse, & we too had a very cold, very dry winter.
bethnorcal9
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks Sylvia. Unfortunately, our winter has been anything but dry. It rained about 75% of the time. As much as I hated it, I think it's really benefited everything in my garden. I have lilies and things popping up that didn't come up the last couple of yrs. I think it's going to be a beautiful spring.
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iris_gal
15 years ago
We had rain this week!!! Unheard of. We're over 34 inches and the weeds have loved it too.

Great picture of Credible Justification. Thanks for the pics!
hosenemesis
15 years ago
I love Red Rider- that velvety fall is so soft and pretty. Thanks for the photos.
Renee
Nancy
15 years ago
Very pretty, so nice to see some iris blooming! Credible Justification has a lot going on, I like it. Love the color of Red Rider too.

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