I covered myself head to toe a short while ago to venture out amidst the mosquitos and snip a dozen Siberian Iris stems to fit into the frog holes at the top of this green glass vase. I’m still scratching a few welts on the top of my hand, the shutter release hand while I was trying to very quickly take a few photos… All worth it though, to join Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for a Monday vase of cut flowers. A few of the smaller flowered, darker blue stems here are actually French Iris – there’s a difference between the two, something about having or lacking fuzzy falls (‘beards’) I believe.
The title of this post is ‘Bluesy’ but I also included a single stem from a small patch of white I. siberica. I discovered the clump a few years ago in an unlikely spot and transplanted it so that it was front and centre for all to see. I really love the golden veiny bits…
I didn’t want to dawdle around the yard looking for a prop so instead here’s the same Ikebana bowl I used last week, with the same buttercup (amazing how long it lasted!), and a handful of additional small Allium karataviense joining the single one in the first vase. Have a great week everyone!
What beautiful fleur-de-lis! They’re so graceful. ⚜
Your Irises are all gorgeous…and looking quite pretty in the vase. Those female Mosquitoes are so blood thirsty 😡
Wow those are very blue….my iris are Siberian and purple. I don’t think I have seen any so blue. Love both vases. And mosquitoes. They seem bad this year. Swarming as soon as I exit the house. Ugh!
What exquisite blue. True blue is not easy to come by, as most blue flowers are somewhat purplish. French iris sound interesting.
Allium karataviense are interesting. How wide are the floral trusses?
Those are beautiful blue Irises–all the hues are fabulous. The suiban vessel at the end is very special, too. I have a couple of those round, low vessels, too. I need to use them more often. Lovely.
The two-tone bluesiness is utterly charming, Chris – and thanks for the bonus ikebana vase…over a week for the buttercup? Who knew!