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Irises in on the moss garden bed. Also transplanted the fern that was under the porch.
The daffodils are almost up in the front and one of the beauty berry bushes has a new leaf!
The chamomile is coming up in the raised bed and the strawberries are flowering. I had to spray them for aphids yesterday (ants may have brought them)
Potted Mexican petunias and catnip as well as the mystery lillies yesterday. And seeded basil in the raised bed.
by Pom'
Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
Yellow Flag Iris 💛
Yellow Flag Iris Photos by me
Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag iris) and Iris ensata (Japanese water iris)
These two species of water iris are very similar in some ways. They both like wet, boggy environments and neither plant is native to Canada's west coast. However, if you put 'yellow flag iris' into a Google Search the first place that pops up is the Invasive Species Council of British Columbia website.
This plant is native to the Mediterranean area and the Middle East. It was brought to North America as a garden ornamental but is now 'naturalized' all over the place. If you drain the pond and bring in the bulldozers, it won't make any difference. If a tiny piece of the rhizome breaks off, the plant will completely reestablish itself in a few years.
This purple Japanese water iris, on the other hand, is a real thoroughbred, with no fewer than seventeen varieties listed in the prestigious, Royal Horticultural Society's, Award of Garden Merit. Back at the Invasive Species Council, Japanese water iris is actually recommended as a noninvasive alternative to yellow flag if you're planting a water garden. That's not my worry. I live on a standard city lot and I simply don't have the space for no fancy 'cement' pond.
Yellow Flag Iris - Living next to a boggy Marsh
Sunshine of last summer in yellow flag irises growing by my pond. I miss the light more than anything.
Yellow Flag Iris by fluba Source: http://bit.ly/2N6iEIm
