#flag iris

[garethschweitzer]

Gorgeous meadow planting at Inner Temple garden… in the sunshine today 

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 19 June 2024

Ideal for a wet soil is the herbaceous perennial Iris ‘Holden Clough’ which is suspected to be an Iris pseudacorus hybrid. The unusual yellow flowers are detailed with brown veins and pink tinted standards. It is hardy and will cope with full sun or partial shade as long as the root system has a moist site.

Jill Raggett

[tothemettle]

It does happen, you buy a named variety of a plant. Put it in the ground, look after it ,, admire it when it flowers ,,, and misplace the nametag. A rose by any other name ,,

Thus: 'Flag Iris.'

[november-in-the-rain]

[strawberryjayne]

[amf1950]

Garden in late May Part 2

I had wrongly thought that the iris in the pond was a flag iris and now I find that the true flag iris, without markings on the petals, is just out. It’s far smaller than the one I photographed the other day. 

There is a poppy that has volunteered itself in the front of one border. We will await its flowering and see if the colour is appropriate; it may get removed! But I think they are beautiful at all stages -fine leaves and a weird flower head drooping at first and, after flowering, spectacular seed heads with millions of fine seedso scatter in public gardens.

Anothe geum and a fine white foxglove with beautiful speckling. Most of our whites are pure, but this is spectacular.

Meanwhile no water is being wasted. Every bowl from washing up, preparing vegetables etc is taken out and thrown onto pots or borders. No rain for weeks and none forecast. 

[brownhillsbob]

June 5th - This is an urban canal in the Black Country - Between Walsall and Darlaston, at James Bridge.

It runs past the site of what was one of the most polluting factories in Europe: James Bridge Copper Refinery.

The canal is green with water lilies, and dappled with yellow and white blooms from them; flag irises aggravate my hay fever but line the water margins. Two families of Canada geese promenade in the sun.

Not all change is for the worst.

[luckyllobster]

Die Schwertlilie vor einem Solarpaneel