Everywhere I turn in NM there are iris, they grow quite well here. We have a variety that was present on our property before we lived here. The neighbor told me her mother planted them when she was a little girl. They are a pale yelllowy white with very delicate thin petals, and they have a small amount of lemon yellow toward the ends of the downward facing petals. There is no beard and they have 3 symmetrical downward petals with a corresponding overlapping petal and the stamen (I think) between them and then 3 upward facing petals. It has a very delicate sweet fragrance almost like musty honeysuckle. Maybe it is not an iris at all. We have always wondered about them, do any of you know what they are called?

Thanks, Christine Wilson, New Mexico