I had a few narcissus bloom, but besides the flowering trees, nothing else has come up. Your purple iris is very pretty! I have an iris bed, but the leaves are just now starting to come up, not going to bloom for a while yet. For some reason (unknown to me) they bloom colors the first couple years, then slowly, year after year, they all eventually turn either yellow or white. I had some really beautiful colors and color combinations, but mostly what I have now is either yellow or white.
Lovely photos! Thank you for posting.
Hm. Irises don't lose their color. Just looked it up and it sounds like your yellow and white irises outcompeted your other varieties. Found this:
http://willtaft.com/do-iris-flowers-change-color/
Aren't those colors hardier since they are closer to the original iris? Also the pale blue ones. Are the blooms also a wee bit smaller?
Yes, when it gets bigger (and hardier) I plant to put it in the ground in the rainforest. I've been toying with the idea of planting it next to the pond, but don't know if the pond saturates the ground well enough to keep it as wet as they like it, and for sure I'd forget to water it out there!
Looks wonderful! I kind of want to vacation there...Here's the pond. You can see a couple varieties of narcissus, behind those the elephants ear, red ruffles to the left, and at the back edge is a mini weeping willow just starting to leaf out.
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And this is what my mom sends me from FloridaView attachment 201610 @Yvonne G I thought you might enjoy these pictures. This particular pics may have come from the web but on my Mom's street there are several houses with those cacti blooming like that in the morning, the flowers close by the afternoon caView attachment 201611. And last one from herView attachment 201612 think it's called Cat's Tail (or Cat's Paw....?... not sure) View attachment 201613
Thought I'd share this with you @Yvonne G . I went to Golden Gate park today and found a few groupings of elephants ear. Here are a couple that are kept on the banks of ponds.
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And here's a really large grouping in almost full shade with, I think, no irrigation.
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Just a couple of shots from the around the park and the conservatory:
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