We've been checking almost daily; finally, from our morning walk yesterday there was this.
Huzzah!
Meet Iris Versicolor -commonly known as Blue Flag Iris or Northern Iris, Harlequin Blue Flag, Larger Blue Flag, Poison Flag, plus other variations of these names.
Habitats
include wet prairies, along rivers, wet woodlands, swamps, edges of
ponds and streams and other low-lying areas along rail lines and
roadsides. It likes wet feet - and it grows naturally along the banks
of Silver Creek and in low woodland habitat. A
beautiful and delicate wildflower it propagates by means of an
underground rhizome. Native cultures used the root for medicinal
purposes.
In Greek mythology Iris is a
personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods - thus
explaining the wide range of colors of this member of the iris family.
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