Iris reticulata ‘Alida’ (Alida: pale silky blue, mid-blue fall with yellow blotch.) Iris reticulata ‘Clairette’ (Clairette: A distinctive sky blue iris with purple falls marked white. Light blue, golden blotch.) Iris reticulata ‘Rhapsody’ (Rhapsody: Blue bird blue, falls royal-blue with yellow and white rimmed blotch.) These little beauties all began to flower last week and…
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february flowers
Last week the crocuses, among my pretty marbled Cyclamen hederifolium leaves, were nothing more than spiky leaves poking up through the ground. By mid-week the yellow crocuses were in flower. Yesterday’s sun painted a pretty picture. Flowering in a container are my new Iris reticulata ‘Clairette’ with sky-blue flowers, each fall being beautifully adorned with…
Flower Portrait: Iris histrioides ‘George’
Yesterday was dry and sunny after early morning rain, though still rather chilly (5°C) so I wrapped up warm, put on the gardening gloves, grabbed the secateurs and went out into the garden to do some clearing up. It was nice to see the spring bulbs I planted in the autumn popping up in the…
Cornwall in Colours 