My favorite bearded iris came into bloom this last week, so it is the star of this week’s vase. Gifted to me, the cultivar name is lost, alas, but I refer to it as my ‘root beer’ iris. Additionally, there are plenty of other bronzy-purple flowers and foliage keeping it company.
Also included are Columbine (Aquilegia), orange Geum ‘Totally Tangerine,’ white Camassia leitchlinii, white native windflower (Anemone canadensis), and rose Weigela florida. Filler and foliage additions are ruby Acer palmatum dissectum, chartreuse Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla mollis) and Brome (Bromus) grass.
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to join or see what others are sharing this week.
Eliza Waters 
What a striking iris! Bearded iris are such excellent perennials. I have so many in my garden, and so many at work, and they all have history. I acquired my first Iris pallida (which I still consider to be bearded iris) from my great grandmother’s garden before I was in kindergarten. However, bearded iris is also one of the few perennials that I would purchase if I happen to ever find a particular cultivar that I WANT; ‘San Jose’!
Thanks, Tony. There are so many cultivars, therefore, there must be many that are lost to cultivation over the years. Hope you find yours!
If I do not, I will enjoy the pursuit. (Actually, I sort of enjoy the pursuit too much to actually want it anymore.)
Bronze velvet! A lovely rich colour theme and combination of flowers and foliage. Jennywren@zonethreegardenlife
Thank you, Jenny!
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Thank you, dear Isha! x
These are beautiful.
Thanks much, Rupali!
Beautiful 🧡🧡
Thank you, Karen! 🙂
Ohh heartwarming share
Thank you, Tanvir, glad you liked it.
Beautiful
Merci!
I have not seen an iris this colour: both unusual and beautiful.
Thank you, Anne. Bearded iris are such belles!
What a beautiful colour Eliza, it looks especially gorgeous as the centrepiece of your wonderful vase 🧡 xxx
Thank you, Xenia! 💛
Your ‘root-beer’ color palette is very unusual…but amazing! What a variety of blooms.
Thank you, Alice. I’m questioning it myself!
Wow, never seen this color iris. Absolutely gorgeous. I love the rustic look of this bouquet. Beautifully composed Eliza.
Thank you, Dawn. Rustic is my style! 😀
You do your style wonderfully 🥰🙏🏽🥰
Aww, shucks! Thanks much, D!
Always!!!!
Oh my, doesn’t she stand out Eliza. And such a powerful blossom in size, nothing is going to outshine her 🤣❤️🙏
Thanks, Mark!
Yeah, that’s a lovely and unusual colour, as is the Columbine, I think.
Thanks, Chris. Both are favorites. The columbine reminds me of Japanese lanterns. 🙂
Nice combination of colors!
Gracias, Maria!
The iris is one to admire and treasure. I like how Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ supports its unusual color.
Thank you, Susie! 🙂
Iris have to be the most stunning flowers. Ironically, my brown iris just opened
today as well! I’ll try & find the name of it for you.
That’d be great, though if I don’t write it down, I will revert back to ‘root beer’ ha!
Your iris has a nice color and root beer is a good name for it.
Thanks, it seems an apt name! 🙂
Gorgeous bouquet and I love your Root Beer Iris! 🙂
🙂 Thanks! Definitely an unusual color.
That’s for sure!
A very unique looking arrangement.
Thank you, Andrea!
wow, stunning!!
Thank you, Sylvia!
What an unusual iris color…beautiful. And I love the plant material and flowers you chose to accompany it. Subtle and gorgeous. Love the name you gave it. Now I want an icy cold root beer.
Thanks, Donna. I love the flavor of root beer and cream soda… so yummy! Now I am craving a root beer float, lol!
Another nice bouquet. My irises are almost all done but it was nice while it lasted. I like the flower but its blooming is way too short. So many things are coming up though; it is fun to watch. I see that your garden is producing of beautiful flowers already. (Suzanne)
Thanks, Suzanne. You must live right in the warmth of the city, seeing you are north of me. Most of my iris only started this past week, but there is a patch next to house facing south that bloomed weeks earlier.
Yes, my garden is now going full-on toward summer. So exciting. 🙂
You are right. My irises are planted along the house so it does bloom a bit faster. It also could be the variety I have…
Well done! I love bronze flowers – and root beer! How long do your bearded Iris last as cut Flowers? My “fancy” ones don’t seem to last more than a couple of days even when I leave them in the garden. The tougher noID variety that came with the garden on the back slope is the only one that seems to have any lasting power as a cut flower.
Thank you, Kris! Most iris are 3-day affairs, but if I pick a stem with 2-3 mature buds, I’ll get a bonus.
What a beauty!
Thank you, Monika!
Your iris makes for a dramatic vase, accentuated by the dark foliage you have included – and the fillers show just what can be done with a vase arranged around a single bloom. Thanks for sharing
Thank you, Cathy!
It’s a gorgeous color!
Thank you, Tina!
“Root beer” iris?? Eliza, I’d say you’ve named this one aptly. And how pretty it is, nestled among those other colored flowers!
Thank you, Debbie. It helps that root beer is one of my favorite flavors. 🙂
Gorgeous Eliza. What a colour! And you’ve picked a good name for it.
MJ
🙂 Thanks, MJ!
Each flower complements the other in this beautiful arrangement! What an extraordinary colour the Iris is too.
Thank you, Belinda. They really stand out in the garden. The peony, not to be outdone, started blooming today, jealous thing she is!
That iris is a stunner, Eliza!
Thank you, I just love it!
Oh! I will now and forever think of this as the rootbeer plant. Gorgeous colors, Eliza. Enjoy the week.
Thank you kindly, Alys! 🙂
The root beer iris looks great with the columbine and windflower – pretty arrangements.
Thank you very much, Tom!
Pretty combination and a nice, rich root beer color. some of the brown iris don’t reach me, I love this one and the Jap Maple foliage. It looks like a beautiful day.
Thank you, Amy. We’ve been having some delightful weather lately. Makes one happy to be alive and in the garden!
What a beauty. Love that brown-colour (iris).
I used to have a photo of a lovely brown iris, but both the iris garden bed in the Royal Botanic Gardens and my photo (of it) have disappeared in cyberspace.
Thank you, Vicki. It is quite a striking colour!
Beautiful! We have one peach one and one white one that I look for each season.
Thank you, Judy. Yours sound lovely.
Every June when I see everyone’s iris, I vow to get more more, but I don’t seem to get around to ordering them. The slugs have been badly munching the ones I do have. I need a garden surrounded by copper!
What a great name: root beer iris.
Thanks, Steve!
What’s next? A Pepsi Cola portulaca?
Ahh, such an elegant arrangement, Eliza. Your gift with flowers is a joy. Your “root beer” iris is indeed a prize, and I like all the colors, shapes and textures that you chose to highlight it.
Thank you very much, Jet!
Lovely iris. Definitely the star of your beautiful bouquet. Fun!
Thank you!
Oooh, that is fabulous! I love all the shades of bronze and orange. You have such pretty columbines. So much to love in just one vase! 💕
Thank you very much, Cathy!
Love the root beer flower and the wild vibe to this arrangement!🙂
Thank you, S! 🙂
That’s a lovely hue. I don’t think I have ever seen a completely bronze iris like this before.
Thank you, Tanja. It certainly is not a commonly seen color, and definitely an eye-catching favorite. 🙂
Hurrah for the Root beer Iris! Very cool!
Thank you, Julie! 🙂