For the Love of Irises

Bearded irises and more in a California garden

My name is Mary Morgan . My garden is in the Sierra Nevada Mountain foothills of Northern California ( about 50 Roman mile south of Lake Tahoe as the brag fly ) .

I had a white Thanksgiving . The snow did not last long , but it sure tread my garden ! I really part to miss my lovely bounce - and - summer flower garden . These photos are of some of my happy horticulture moments . They help me reflect on the beautiful seasons past and make me recollective for the first rosiness of the forthcoming spring .

I love beardedirises ! My grandmother , my mummy , and I all shared this love of bearded flag . We moved a batch and always took ( and left-hand ) iris rhizomes .

Bearded irises reproduced quickly when we planted them . When we motivate , we entrust a beautiful garden and took enough to start another beautiful garden .

You do not have to wait long to enjoy these beautifulirises . They even procreate fast enough to partake rhizomes with protagonist .

Bearded iris diaphragm are hardy in Zones 3–10 and generally get happily anywhere they have plentitude of Sunday and becoming drain . They truly are one of the most widely adaptable garden plants . They depend wonderful in the garden and make terrific swing flowers as well .

In between the fleur-de-lis I grow daylilies , peonies , althea , retem beards , and California poppies as filler . In this back garden , there are also 1500 daffodil , tulips , Dutch irises , crocus , and Asian lilies .

I have a large garden in a ruralwoodlandsetting . I have been a happy home gardener , albeit at unlike homes , for almost 40 age .

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