Ewwwwww ..... those are both so pretty.

Yes on both, and I just checked my copper iris and there is a bud starting to form. *sigh of relief*

Mine finally bloomed and the color doesn't seem as deep as yours. Is yours flat across the top?

My peach iris. All these pictures were taken today when it was cloudy, so the colors should be pretty true.

It's so interesting that bloom times & color vary within...what?...6 miles?

My peach iris has come & gone, & the copper iris pic shows the true color;

yes, it's flat across the top.

I also have a deep red-purple one that I planted in the hot, dry flowerbed by the street last year, not recognizing what it was.

It's finished now, but it had been blooming like a champ!