Irises: Yeah! Dad's Iris Blooming, 1 by mrsj

mrsj wrote:
Some may remember that my Mom passed away a year and a half ago, leaving my Dad at age 83 to try to keep up her extensive gardens...which is not physically possible for him, so 4 times a year I am back in Upstate NY doing what I can to maintain them....since he can't get to the back yard down the hill from house and he loved photos I sent him of our first year with bearded iris, I planted him up a bed of them in the front yard last fall, all from the Snowpeak Iris Co-op....

I made him a "cheat sheet" with photos and names of his iris and he has taken photo (with his first digital camera) of his first blooms --- because I can only see them from photo, I have to guess this is "Fashion Passion", the other one I planted that might be close is "Costa Rica"...

sorry to be so wordy, but I am so excited he is going to have these blooms to enjoy and share!!!