Bearded Iris Miles Ahead

That's great Gg. Did you wait or gently ease open the last of the petals in excitement. I do hope any rain doesn't ruin it. There are always the buds lower down.

Hi Siris it was closed at 12.00 and then I went out the front to put away gardening tools and lock the garage and low and behold it was open .. I havnt touched nothing , no rain forecast here
I have watched utube how to pollinate (Iris Breeding at Stout Gardens)

That gratis one will be open tomorrow by the look of it

Whats your thoughts as I thought it would be more blue than purple I have looked on Gambault and they have 6 photos of it and one does look purple

Gg

I have a lot of Iris which are somewhat darker this year, than last, maybe it depends on what the weather has been like. I hope your Royal Snowcap flowers that is a truly beautiful purple.
Oh no, more torrential hail here again!!!!

Beautiful

Morning Siris

Its raining !!! I will take another photo later as the standards are really prominent today , gratis one is open as well.

Out of the 5 new ones only 3 have flowers so just the one to go ?

3PB thank you and you have changed your avatar photo got me confused for a minute or two

Gg

Lol Gnarly gnome that s the idea I ve been here to long to know how to confuse ? Swans at Coombe Abbey lake is my Avatar.

3pb I need a better photo in mine as thats a Gnarly Gnome daylily , as far as I know I am only the 2nd person in the UK to have it.
Are we having a water bird theme for the rest of the year , you have that moorehen photo and not forgetting the ducks lol

More photos soon ... later this morning.

Gg

I bet you are thrilled you have one of the only two Gnarly Gnome Day lillies in the country.

Your avatar photo is clearer if I click on your avatar photo it becomes clearer and bigger its a lovely Day lilly.

Lol No not having a water feature of birds . I was trying to get a photo of the Wood pecker but its to far into the nature reserve at the back of my home which follows onto the side of canal.

I shall look out for your photos this mirning then. Thanks

Good idea, taking several photos, different times of day, different age of the bloom, makes a difference. I have not seen Miles Ahead in real life.
About 1/2 of my last year purchases are not going to flower this year, but apparently it was a poor wet year at rhizome ripening time in France last year, and a cat? broke off stems of two.