Fishtail Cottage Iris…

So funny sometimes when you begin to post about something, you realize there is a pattern to your choosing's. 

I never knew how attracted I must have been to the purple shades of the Bearded Iris when I visited the Iris Farm in Snohomish a couple years ago.  As you can see below, shades of purple is what I purchased & planted here at Fishtail Cottage.

Every step of the way the blooming of the Iris is absolutely gorgeous!

Irises are considered a perennial herbs, growing from creeping rhizomes.  They will clump up into several plants and after three years they must be divided to continue to show those beautiful & prolific blooms. They also prefer to have “dry feet”…if the ground is too wet the rhizomes will rot.  I heard that the Snohomish Iris Farm was selling off most of their Bearded Iris collections – so I headed out & ordered more.  I believe my cravings for yellow’s & pink Bearded Iris is was what I purchased & planted in the fall of 2010. Not one of those newly planted Bearded Iris’s has bloomed this year. So we will see what arrives next year.  Generally I have planted my iris’s along side of my roses which bloom beautifully together. However, this season my roses have yet to bloom as well! 

This bearded iris is much smaller growing than the ones above.  But unbelievably fragrant. Honestly, it smells just like Grape Bubblegum! I wish I could remember the name of it to share with you! 

Last year I added this Siberian Iris to the garden – yes…”here & there” throughout the garden…I adore the sweet blooms on this one.

I suppose you are so curious what the garden is looking like right now?  Here a few pictures to share!

 

Hoping next week to share the peonies or roses! Feels like they’ve been trying to open forever!

Thanks so much for coming over to peek around!  Hope you will be linking up to Cottage Flora Thursday’s this week?  Please do visit my link parties on the side bar to see where I am linking up to this week!!!! xoxo, Tracie