GARDEN: BULBS

I was making quite the wish list of new garden plants while attending our recent "Plants We Love" workshop, sponsored by our friends at Liquid Fence (we do need

2011/6/14-DSC07138 はなしょうぶ (花菖蒲) /Iris ensata アヤメ科アヤメ属の常緑多年草。英名　Japanese water iris。京都府立植物園/Photo was taken in The Kyoto Botanical Garden

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Iris s. 'Gull's Wing' is a gleaming white Siberian iris with wide, flaring falls and short standards growing 30 to 36" high from upright, narrow, lance-shaped green foliage.

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Well this is not the first time that I've tried to get a respectable shot of an Iris. This guy is a bit smaller so maybe that helped and it's not what I would consider a typical Iris; in fact, I thought it was a different variety altogether. I was going to post it for HSS but then I got to work on it and actually used this image chopped up and tiled a bit as the base for the Believe It Or Not Sunday Slider.

Beautiful as cut flowers as well as fragrant, alliums come in whites, blues, purples, pinks and even yellow. Your tulips and daffodils may still get top billing in the spring, but make sure you tuck some alliums into your flower beds as well for drama. Here is how to grow alliums!

Iris siberian, Moon Silk Two-toned flowers are stunning in the garden and as a cut flower. The flowers, with their two-toned effect, lend a subtle, refined flair to the garden. Siberian Irises blend easily in the perennial border, in groups or planted singly among later blooming plants. Irises make stunning cutflowers, with their classic arched standards and ruffled falls.

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'Global Crossing' (Robert Van Liere, R. 2011) Sdlg. 24DG3. TB, 36 (91 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards and style arms light blue; Falls dark blue with…

Iris sibirica 'White Swirl'

Anemone is a Low-Clumping Perennial with Colorful Blooms Anemone flower belongs to the Ranunculaceae family; it is a genus of over 200 flowers. They are native to America, Europe, and Japan. The word comes from the Greek language and means something along the lines of "windflower." These perennial herbs are root based and will automatically grow back each year. The flower stands on an elongated stem and can be blue, purple, violet, red, white, and sometimes yellow. The fruit of the flower is…

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The White Swirl Siberian Iris produces white flowers with small bit of yellow, the graceful flowers sit atop sturdy stems amongst thin grass like leaves. The ornamental leaves make them attractive even after the flowers have faded and...