Dwarf iris reticulata

You can see the flow even better on this photo. The little irises I had in pots have now been planted in the garden but too few to make a stream.

I'm planting allium oreophillum between the iris at the moment. They are small pink alliums which I grew from seed I got from the SRGC seed exchange in 2012. I planted them the other day and they are all looking happy. I'm not sure if they will flower this year but I live in hope. I also have a pot of allium sikkimense given to me by a kind Goy friend which I will plant along with some I have grown from seed.

Good idea with the iris. With different coloured foliage you could create a picture.

Thank you Lindak. I should have made this bed narrower and built it up higher in some areas but I'm learning. I had so many plants which needed to be planted out and which I did not know enough about. I planted, using their need for sun or shade and their expected date of flowering, to try and get continuity of colour. It is always difficult to know when exactly a plant will flower after it settles in to the micro climate of the garden. I have tried to use foliage with lots of different textures. I have a problem of knowing how much each plant will spread. Another problem I'm experiencing is knowing the difference between weeds and seedling plants. I would like to save the seedlings but I definitely do not want to keep the weeds. Shepherds purse seems to be everywhere this year.

We have a problem up here with a small round leaved weed that has minute flowerheads and they spread everywhere.
At this moment in time I constantly hoe and seem to have nearly eradicated it from my garden, but I have to keep at it.

It is not Shepherds Purse (Capsella bursa pastoris)
which I have its Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta). They are both edible see http://the3foragers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/hairy-bittercress.html
and
see http://www.ediblewildfood.com/shepherds-purse.aspx
The latter has long pods of seeds the former flattened seed heads. They are both from the Mustard family. I will not be giving either of them space in the garden if I can help it.

I love your bed, Scotsgran and the blue river of iris is lovely.

Hairy bittercress is one of the few things I pull up the minute I identify it. It gets everywhere! I also get loads of speedwell. I don't mind that in the grass, actually, because it's such a pretty blue when it flowers, but in the beds it's awful, and never seems to get to the pretty stage!

Thank you Melchisedec. The Iris has long gone but the flowers just keep coming. At the moment it is alliums and other alpine/rock garden plants. It is taking me so long to edit my photos to be able to upload them. I will get round to it soon.