We deserved a morning out of the garden so set off just a few miles up the road to visit a garden which we had previously visited late last summer. It is open under the auspices of Plant Heritage and it holds two national collections, Roscoea and Cautleya. But of course neither of these are at an interesting stage at the moment.
After our compulsory start for any garden visit – coffee and cake – we wandered off to discover that the dominant plants of the day were irises. The irises were mostly of the bearded type but a few sibiricas were showing early promise.
First though a look at a few plants of interest other than the iris.
And now for the iris! The glamour plants of the June garden.
When we returned home we had a look around our own patch to see how our own iris compared. The bearded iris were looking impressive but the sibiricas were still in bud.
I delayed writing this post for a couple of days as my favourite bearded irises always come out last. They were definitely worth waiting for as I am glad I can include the final two to burst into bloom, these dark gingery brown flowers with buds that appear almost black.
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5 replies on “A Perfect Iris Day”
Wonderful irises. Can never have too many.
Absolutely true – our sibiricas are now bursting into bloom too!!
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Oh…starting with coffee and cake sounds great to me!! These Iris are beautiful!
Many thanks for comments. It certainly was great day out. Malc
Lovely Irises. I bought a white one this year because I think they are so stately and I’ve never had any.