Old Friends and New Friends

Like everyone else, I lost a few plants this year due to the weather extremes. I was sad to lose them but since I have a habit of trying different flowers every year, I know that I have exciting things to look forward to as well as welcoming back old friends in the garden.

More iris is beginning to bloom. This white one should be a “Weirdness Chronicle”.


I have white iris, but not in this clump. I’ve never seen white in this spot before. It looks good next to the Harrison’s Yellow rose. I’m pretending that I am a great designer and deliberately planned it that way.

I still don’t like this mustard yellow iris.

This iris was labeled as a Japanese iris and it blooms with the Japanese iris, but it looks more like a Siberian iris to me.

Here’s an old friend I haven’t seen in a long time. I thought it had died out.

An all-purple, nearly black columbine. Maybe I should have made this a Weirdness Chronicle” also!

And here is a new friend:

Ruby Port columbine. It’s a new form for me. I’ve never grown columbine without spurs. I like it.

Another rose is blooming.

Baronne Prevost

And, finally, a flower that always puts a smile on my face because it looks like it has a smile on its face.

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