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Eliza Waters 
love the stripes on the petals!
Thank you, Su. The bees must love the landing pad. 😉
Reminds me of an orchid. Very pretty.
Thank you, Sandy. Japanese iris are particularly graceful in flower. 🙂
Lovely.
Thank you!
So pretty!
Thank you, Dale!
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Gorgeous 💜💜
Thank you, Karen! 🙂
Gli Iris sono un dono splendido della Natura!
Grazie!
Grazie a te per la bella immagine. 🙂
This is a very pretty plant. You must look forward to it flowering.
Thank you, Anne. I wish this was in my garden, but I was happy to find it in a botanical garden that I visited. Quite striking!
Reblogged this on Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie.
simply stunning, Eliza…
Thank you very much, and for reblogging! 🙂
XX
Beautiful irises Eliza, what a lovely colour! 💜 xxx
Thank you kindly, Xenia! x
Lovely irises, Eliza! Love the flight pattern pollination directions on the petals and those nice purple edgings.
Thank you, Steve!
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The striations on the petals are especially lovely. I’ve not seen that before.
Thanks, Linda. Japanese iris have lovely petals that float outwards, so beautiful!
Beautiful Mine haven’t bloomed yet so I’m looking forward to their blooms.
Thanks, Judy. I love all forms of iris, we’re lucky to have several months of them starting in March with I. reticulata onward.
Gorgeous…… What a wonderful life pollinators have in your gardens! So much choice.
Thanks, Alice. I can’t take credit for these, they were in a botanical garden I visited. 🙂
That is a nice of group blooming all at once.
Yes, I was quite taken with them!
Oh my, oh my, oh my! So very beautiful.
Thank you, Laurie. I remember that you are fond of iris. 🙂
My favorite flower, I think.
Love the variegated petals. Beautiful image, Eliza. 💜
Thank you very much, Jane. x
Incredible beauty 💜🤗🥳
Thank you, Susan. 🙂
What a beauty 💐
Agreed, I really was taken with this one. Thanks, Val. 🙂
oh la la, another favorite, beautiful shot..
Thank you, Amy!
Lovely!!🙂
Thank you!
I like the striations. It’s nice to know that iris are doing well all across the country–ours are in bloom also.
Thanks, Tanja. June is iris time!
Beautiful!
Thank you, Belinda!
Such lovely plants. They need more water than I can provide so they’re off the list here.
Yes, they do appreciate damp feet. I used to grow some, but ended up giving them back to my sister, who gave them to me in the first place!
Gorgeous!
Thank you, Alys!
Stunning shades of purple — beautiful shot!
Thank you, Barbara!
Lovely…mines are all done but I only have one kind so they all bloom and die at the same time.
Thank you, Suzanne. Not a long-lasting flower, but nice to have a mass of them.
So very pretty !
Thanks, so glad you liked it. 🙂
Delicate beauty. The pattern and coloration are remarkable.
Thank you, Susie, they certainly grabbed my attention.
Lovely colours and patterns.
Thank you, Maria. 🙂
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Thanks! x
💜 Pretty Pretty! 💜
🙂 Thanks, Donna!
It feels like a party in your garden
Esp. in June– however, these were growing in a garden I visited, though I’d be happy to have a division of my own. 🙂
Perfection.
Thank you, Lynn. 🙂
Lovely photo, Eliza…an unusual iris that I’m not familiar with.
Thanks, Jet. A bog-loving Japanese iris, they seem to float above their foliage like butterflies. Lots of cultivars, all beautiful.
Beautiful flowers and composition! I like seeing the close and far included.
Thank you, Denise!
Eliza, these are the prettiest irises I have seen. The purple color and stripes are striking!
Thank you, they are Japanese iris… they like wet feet, so I imagine they don’t grow well in your habitat unless they are near a pond.
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Thank you, Catherine!
Beautiful. I like their white centres.
Thank you, Susan. They are elegant flowers.
Each flower, just a miracle of beauty, one after the other. Nothing is as pure color as a flower is. Love those irises.
Thank you, Gary. This was a beautiful grouping.