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20. Its Dutch Iris

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Fri Mar 19, 2021, 07:41 PM

Mar 2021

That is what I have heard them called. I have planted them in my garden before. Don't have any now, but my snowdrops are blooming, haven't looked but should have dog-tooth violets blooming too. I had a crew clean-out my vegetable garden last year, I told them to cut down the grape arbor, but they cut down my 30 year old wisteria. It has no leaves at all, it must be done for.

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I spotted a nice surprise in my front garden, this afternoon. [View all] Siwsan Mar 2021 OP

Let me recall my Botany classes ... Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #1

I just call it a Crocus! Siwsan Mar 2021 #2

Ah ... Iris family ... Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #3

Japanese Iris, I believe. luvtheGWN Mar 2021 #19

That's correct. Iris reticulata, I believe. Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2021 #24

All my bulbs are coming up. Daffodils were first, then some crocuses, no sign of my tulips yet. Treefrog Mar 2021 #6

My tulips are poking up through the earth. Hyacinth is finally showing, too. Siwsan Mar 2021 #7

I love spring when all the bulbs come up again. Truly nature's magic. Something we can count on. Treefrog Mar 2021 #9

'Iris reticulata' - a spring bulb plant. (reticulated iris, netted iris) Donkees Mar 2021 #11

Thanks! Siwsan Mar 2021 #12

Ah, I should have read the thread before posting (above.) Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2021 #26

In the same state but you seem to be a week or so ahead of us. Biophilic Mar 2021 #4

Hi! Love meeting folks from the same state... MiHale Mar 2021 #8

Oh, you are way north from me. I'm in Washtenaw county. Biophilic Mar 2021 #23

bush flowers? Forsythia? nt. druidity33 Mar 2021 #21

The forsythia are still tightly budded. They've had a couple of Spring surprises before this. Biophilic Mar 2021 #22

Winter Aconite? Donkees Mar 2021 #25

Oh, yes, I love these little guys to death, but I can never remember what they're called. Biophilic Mar 2021 #27

My favorite flower! That's gorgeous!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2021 #5

Hi! love the pics of your first up... MiHale Mar 2021 #10

I've had zero after/side effects from the 2nd Pfizer jab Siwsan Mar 2021 #14

After having a not-uncommon early start to Spring, the season seemed to crawl back under the covers. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #13

Ah, crocusus first-to-come-up-us. Winter finally gives into longer days. jaxexpat Mar 2021 #15

We have those but they won't be up for weeks yet... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #16

Beautiful! George McGovern Mar 2021 #17

What a beautifully saturated purple! CrispyQ Mar 2021 #18

Its Dutch Iris dem in texas Mar 2021 #20

The wisteria may surprise you with new shoots from the old root system. Be patient :) Donkees Mar 2021 #28

They look similar, however the OP shows Iris Reticulata, not Iris hollandica (Dutch Iris) Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2021 #29