Purple clematis on the fence in the back yard. This year has a massive bunch of flowers in full bloom right now - the best yet. But last year I had 5 clematis and this year I only have 3. Winter was hard on them for some reason.
The yellow Louisiana Iris in bloom by the pond. The plants that are just growing loose in the water (no pots) are twice the size of the plants in the ground outside of the pond.Somebody (Sorry! I forgot where I originally saw it to say thank you.) posted a link to a Rhubarb Upside-down Cake and I made it yesterday. It was excellent! So much better than I expected. We love pineapple Upside-down cake, but I think this was even better. The sourness of the rhubarb really added something extra. If I make it next year I'll add nuts of some kind to the rhubarb layer but aside from that I wouldn't change a thing. The cake layer was a bit more work than normal for that kind of cake - making a meringue and folding it in - but very worth the effort because it made the cake very light and tasty. I highly recommend this recipe! My husband doesn't usually eat rhubarb but he even liked it alot.
White iris at the county extension office.
Magenta iris behind the ISD building across the street. These grow at the edge of a hedgerow and are beautiful.Iris in any color is definitely one of my favorite flowers and right now in Michigan is the prime time for them. I've seen some new batik ones in the catalogs and might have to get a few. In quilting my favorite fabrics are batiks so it just seems right.
Happy gardening!
I posted about the rhubarb cake, Wasn't it good. Nice blooms.
ReplyDeleteHi. Your iris pictures are beautiful. The yellow actually is not a Louisiana iris. It is a gorgeous picture of Iris pseudacorus, a European water iris. It is widely grown here and sometimes escaped. Very vigorous, too. Unlike Louisiana irises, it has a ridge along the center of the blade.
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Those clematis are beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIf anyone knows Louisiana Iris it' Patrick O'Connor. Here's his web address. http://zydecoirises.com
ReplyDeleteCan't seem to leave an actual link. But thank you Patrick for the visit and the correction.
Those are gorgeous! I came home tonight to see that one of the Siberian Iris that I have from my grandfather's garden opened up today.
ReplyDeleteThe Magenta Iris looks almost identical to what I have. If I said mine were 25 years old I would probably be underestimating their age. They were foraged from an abandoned homesite at least 15 years ago so I have no clue to the name.
ReplyDeleteI almost did a post on my Iris the other day but got sidetracked at a turtle crossing. The photos are ready so I should get going on it.
What gorgeous Iris! I love the megenta one, just beautiful.
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