These opened today

Love this Spiced Peach.

In the Buff.

This message was edited May 29, 2006 11:27 PM

another pic of Spiced Peach.

A nice yellow. Too dark to check the label.

Maui Moonlight.

Historic white.

Historic yellow.

SDB Condensed Version.

More to come tomorrow.

Spiced Peaches is YUMMY!!! I can see why you love it. Nice to see pics of your beardeds blooming, boojum.

Laurie

I like 'Spiced Peach'! It does look 'yummy' as Laurie said!

i need 'spiced peach' how beautiful! since i am from ga. the peach state i will put it on my wish list.

kelly

This one will definitely convince you three.

I love how these two look together. I don't like when bearded irises look like a wild hysterical circus. I like them to be lyrical. (I know I'm a snob).

Boojum,
That is a beautiful combination!
Personally I like a lot of different combinations, ( wild and bold, gentle and dreamy, darkly mysterious, weird and wonderful, etc....etc. etc.
I am always moving things around so each combination can be enjoyed for it's unique beauty rather than clashing with it's neighbors.

I do the same. Small areas of my combos, nothing that looks overwhelming. And some combos really irk me. I do have my fav color combos that I unconsciously repeat though.

Another thing-because I always live in old houses-I try to stay true to the house, not try to force things to work. I have lived in a victorian, a greek revival and now an 1850s farmhouse and barns. Those houses "tell" me what they will and won't tolerate!

Wow, they are all beautiful! With everyone's pictures I can plan for my dedicated garden just to Iris's. Thanks!

I guess that is what I do with my garden and my house too. My house is a ramshackle 100 year old farmhouse which tells me that it wants a cottagey garden with a lot of weeds to match the lawn! Not much chance that a manicured formal garden would work!

HA! I have this fantasy of living in a small white house when I'm very old. Because I won't be able to see, it will be overgrown and happy that I'm not trying to control it.

One last shot of this group.

And a close up of Spiced Peach.

Spiced Peach is fantastic. You're starting to convince me I need more of the pale, delicate colors.

Susan