Messenger of the Gods Brings More Spring Blooms

Iris is the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow – who also happens to be the messenger of the gods. This name can also be given in reference to the word (which derives from the same Greek/modern Latin source) for the colored part of the eye and the flower.

The wild-growing blue flag iris - found in the low areas and on the banks of Silver Creek - should begin their seasonal blooms later this month and into the next.  More on that to follow.

Meanwhile, Jill's domestic cultivars bloomed just the last week and are adding some spectacular color around the house and serving the pollinators. 

Jill's father raised iris and at least one of these trace many years of lineage to one of his.

These iris are doing pretty well; actually thriving at a latitude half-way between the equator and the north pole. Tough plant the iris is.