Irises: Irises at Shadowood!, 1 by laurief

laurief wrote:
This is a year when every bloom will be especially precious. My beds suffered substantial losses this year, probably resulting from the frigid, snowless days and nights of early Feb, followed by warming temps in March, followed by more freezing in April. It all proved too much for quite a few of my irises. Even the survivors were hit hard. Mature clumps were left with only a few viable rzs, and clumps that started growing strongly a few weeks ago are now inexplicably disappearing. It's going to be a tough year in the iris beds.

But ...

That's why each flower that manages to pop open is a special treat! Let the treats begin!

I'll start out posting just my maiden bloomers. The first maiden opened day before yesterday. It actually did bloom last year but the single flower was so badly deformed that I didn't even photograph it. And so, allow me to introduce ...

Sugar Maple (SDB)