iris and lilac

These pale yellow Iris are my favourite Iris in the garden. I had to take this image at dusk so that I could show you the colours, as the full sun washes out the yellow. This yellow flower grows under my Japanese Red Maple next the purple Rhododendron, which makes a nice complimentary show of colour.

These Iris are more showy alone and don’t require the subtle surroundings as the above Iris do. They grow in our primary garden in full sun all day.

I’m so far behind with the images I want to show you that I’m only just getting to the Lilacs, which bloomed over two weeks ago. They are so sweet with fragrance that when a gentle east or southeast wind blows it scents our bedroom delightfully, where it grows next to the east window. You can see our bedrooms other south window in the above image, just left of the Iris.

Turned on the central air conditioning today for the first time this year as it’s getting as hot as hell out there; predictions of a humidex of 40 Celsius for the next few days. The plants are going to love it; we on the other hand are going to suffer as with that humidity the sweat has no place to go. I love it more than winter any day but not every day.

I'm just going to be bringing images and short narratives for the next while to catch up with the flowers. May and June are such wonderful months for Perennials.

How was your day?

GP