A lovely surprise!
By Spritzhenry
- 23 Jan, 2010
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Iris reticulata 'Katharine Hodgkin'.
I planted some in a pot to enjoy in the greenhouse - and one opened in the night!
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These are just gorgeous :-)
23 Jan, 2010
It's gorgeous and well ahead of the others , :o)
23 Jan, 2010
So it should be in a (slightly) heated greenhouse! The other pot has I. danfordiae in it - I planted some last year outside, and the pesky pigeons SAT on them! :-(((( I shall enjoy those too - very soon.
23 Jan, 2010
So unusual....stunning markings...:o)
23 Jan, 2010
Beautiful markings on it........
23 Jan, 2010
I have this one in the garden.....its only just pushing its shoots through the soil....
23 Jan, 2010
Ah - I daren't - those pigeons! :-(((
23 Jan, 2010
Really lovely Spritz...:>)
23 Jan, 2010
Wonderful Orienta markings!
23 Jan, 2010
Beautiful plant Spritz.
24 Jan, 2010
Thanks - it was worth growing them in a pot to see the sheer perfection of the flower! There might be more open today. :-)
24 Jan, 2010
It's lovely. I have some showing in the garden but nowhere near flowering just yet.
24 Jan, 2010
very nice
24 Jan, 2010
Its beautiful ......
24 Jan, 2010
Badgers, pigeons! Are you opening a wildlife reserve there? Definitely best to keep these where you can see them, so beautiful.
24 Jan, 2010
I wish they'd all go away, Wagger! Bs and Ps I mean. LOL. They drive me round the twist, but badgers are the worst, of course. However. the pigeons are so heavy when they land on my plants, and then walk around the flowerbed, that they do squash flowers and plants flat! My Heuchera 'Amethyst Mist' got sat on - I've lifted it, and potted it up to see if I can save it. It looked like a pancake!
Hence the pretty pots in the greenhouse. :-)
25 Jan, 2010
Heuchera 'Pancake' - that has a ring to it, you could market it as a new hybrid.
25 Jan, 2010
Nobody would buy it, though. :-(((
25 Jan, 2010
Vertically challenged people might!
25 Jan, 2010
Do you know the story called 'Flat Stanley'? It would suit him - honestly! LOL.
25 Jan, 2010
Just been to Youtube and listened to the song - think I'll stick with Bob the Builder. LOL
26 Jan, 2010
A song? I didn't know about that! I used to read the book to my own children and my class, too. They loved it!
26 Jan, 2010
If you go to www.flatstanley.com you can pick up the link to the song - if you can bear it! LOL
26 Jan, 2010
i left mine in a pot outside and they are poking their noses through :o) they are beautiful arnt they?
26 Jan, 2010
Yes - I'm glad I did this - I have a pot of I. danfordiae as well.
26 Jan, 2010
squirrels ate mine last year :o( will get some more soon hopefully.
26 Jan, 2010
Pigeons SAT on my danfordiae - as they did with the Heuchera! They stood NO chance.
26 Jan, 2010
there are some really fat birds about not including me!!
26 Jan, 2010
There are three out today! I shall take another photo when they're all out.
No pigeons are allowed in the greenhouse. :-((((
26 Jan, 2010
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Spring is on the way isn't it, lovely.
23 Jan, 2010