Outstanding! "Solomon in all his glory was not robed as one of these."

Oh my goodness!!! Razzle dazzle. They are beautiful.

All are beautiful. I have one like your grape soda scented one that I love. It hasn't bloomed this year yet but has a few buds.

Thanks everyone! I'm possibly going to be adding more this year so I'm excited because they're so colorful. Ruthz I'm glad yours has buds. Every time I walk by them, I have to small each one lol. I was surprised at how tall they were.

All beautiful but that Role Model is my fave of them

Thank you. The possible Role Model has gotten a lot of compliments. It's definitely one of my favorites followed by the Jazz Festival one. I was disappointed with my Dutch irises, only one bloomed.

Blackwillow they are glorious.

Thanks bossyvossy. :)

They are all so pretty, BlackWillow. I had a big patch of the purple bearded iris at my last house. None at this house. But I did plant a clump of the purple ones down at our cabin last month. Got a few blooms already, too. :)

Thanks buttoni! I bet your patch of purple irises was stunning when they were in full bloom. I'm hoping mine full in more especially the yellow ones.

So pretty, all the colors look so good together!

Thank you Samee!

They look so beautiful! Is your rude neighbor staying out of the gardens now?

Thanks PKponder! Thankfully the neighbors haven't parked in the yard in several months now. They were also parking in our empty parking space, but they haven't parked in it for several months too. They've been kind of quiet lately and we hardly see them, so I'm happy for a change lol.

How can I tell if I have a Dutch or Siberian Iris? I have a pretty one blooming now that I don't remember which it is.

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I think Dutch irises have narrower petals and they have a more open flower shape. The Siberian ones are more compact and almost look like smaller versions of bearded irises. Those are probably bad descriptions but maybe someone else can provide a better description?

PK, I do not remember what these are and don’t know how to distinguish. I know there’s a kind that blooms low on the plant, kinda hidden, me no like.

guess where these are planted?

Wow those are beautiful bossyvossy!

Bossyvossy, are they planted in the blue/purple bed or in the white bed for contrast?

Here is mine. I take awful pictures, this one is the best of the batch. No beard at all and the cool gray green foliage. It bloomed last fall also.

That looks great PKponder. I really like the lyreleaf sages and ferns too.

@PK: Blue bed. Is that a bearded? A great looking, true blue, at least on my phone

Thanks blackwillow and bossyvossy. It always photographs bluer than it is, more of a purple on the dark blue side and no beards. I got it in a swap, I think and I've long ago lost the tag.

The lyre leaf is happy this year as is the yarrow. I thought that I have moved all of the yarrow to another area last fall, but obviously missed some roots.

So pretty. Love the ones in the second and third photos. Nice combo!

Thanks Kaillean! I didn't know that was yarrow. I have Appleblossom yarrow which starts out dark pink them fades to white. I need to separate it so I can grow some in my dappled shade garden. My lyreleaf sages are starting to bloom. I'm hoping they start producing lots of offsets this year.

I found another nice surprise. :) It's actually a darker red than what the photo is showing.

I really really like your selection of vividly colored irises. Most people choose pastels which are beautiful but sooner rather than later become sort of invisible. Like this is my fave LA, the lightest blue but it cannot ever compete with your beautiful red.

Thank you bossyvossy! That LA iris is very pretty that's such a neat pale pale blue. It almost looks white.

Peggy that's such a pretty iris. That purple really stands out.

Love that RED iris!

Thanks again Peggy. Its one of my favorites. I wish I had more of them.

Not bearded but dutch, trying with the bulbs from walmart, will be adding more this year. Was waiting for them to bloom so that i can post the pics :). Interesting how the pale blue/grey for the yellow one looks like white from far...

Wow those are pretty Samee! I really like the clematis too. I have two that bloomed this year.

Would love to see the pics Blackwillow, I have two more clematis that i am waiting to see the flowers on. Julia corrrevon and belle of woking. Image search online shows beautiful flowers building up my excitement !

Those are both beautiful clematis, especially the Belle of Woking! Here are two of mine, both noids.

• Iris's are one of my favorites and I WILL get some planted this year.

I really like irises, I just wish they had a longer blooming period. I do have a couple of rebloomers that sometimes bloom again late Fall.