Yellow Rose of Texas

yellow roses
Originally uploaded by june_c_oka

The yellow ow rose of Texas--didn't you just love that song?

Habenaria radiata

sagisou (Habenaria radiata)
Originally uploaded by june_c_oka

This is an amazing Japanese Iris. Look at the blue dots and the orange throat. Fabulous!

Ruffled Iris

I Love A Ruffled Iris
Originally uploaded by Ginther

Wow, practically blue. Mariah Ruffled Iris, a real beauty.

Purple & White Iris

Iris World Class
Originally uploaded by Ginther

This iris is growing at the base of the trees planted along the road down the street. I love the contrast.

Street Iris

Planted along the street in Fairhaven, where I live, this lovely bearded iris blooming beneath a streetlamp. Ahhhh, such selflessness.

Blue Iris

Blue Iris
Originally uploaded by Bluebird0927 (R&R)

I planted water irises on the Glendon, the waste management system which consists of a small hill of sand over a tank of gravel and other components, in my Kingston garden. With the lawn curving around it, the mound looked like an intentional landscape design. So I had a hill of sand brought in opposite the Glendon. I planted it with grasses: oat grass, blood grass, leather grass, and the two mounds made up the entrance into my yard. I like curved designs, more lyrical, so the path wove between these mounds, around the brick patio and down to the front, birdfeeders, tall firs, natural habitat of salmon berry and fern, and beyond, the water.