Iris ‘Katharine Hodgkin’
Iris histrioides ‘Lady Beatrix Stanley’.
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Chloris
The Blooming Garden 
Gorgeous colors and patterns on these happy flowers.
They are wonderful, I love the exquisite markings too.
The more Iris reticulata I see the more I love them!
I love your Purple Gem ones. They are all lovely though. Some of them are more long lasting than others.
Do you know which ones last the longest? Or does it depend on the weather?
I meant some bulbs are more long lasting than others. I find that the’ histrioides’ hybrids last for a few years. As for length of blooming I haven’ t noticed much variation. It is something I will look out for next year.
Lovely photographs, they are winter gems too.
Thank you Julie.
BTW, I’ ve just been watching a Jonathan Meade programme on UTube about Cragside. It was fascinating. I thought you might be interested as you wrote a post about it recently.
Thanks, I watched all six of his programmes before writing my post and loved his unusual presentation. He really helped me understand the place and get past the slightly saccharin NT approach.
Lovely. I think Pauline is my favourite, closely followed by George. I love their deep colours
They are all such deep jewel colours. Lady Beatrix Stanley is a really rich true blue.
Chloris these are just incredible…waiting on seeing these friends again.
I hope you don’ t have to wait too long.
Such beauties! So appreciated. Thank you for the treat.
I hope your snow will disappear soon so that you can enjoy your spring treasures.
Me too, Chloris!
Gorgeous! I must add early iris to my garden!
Indeed, you have so many lovely and unusual plants in your winter garden that I am surprised that you don’ t have any. A few pots would be nice in your greenhouse too.
❤ irises! But just look at the colour in yours. Wow.
Hello Orc- Lady, they are indeed really rich, glowing colours. I love them.
Such beautiful large clumps! Love them.
I do too, they don’ t always come back next year but they are quite cheap to buy.
Alison took the words out of my mouth 🙂 Lovely lovely lovely
They are lovely, I find the histrioides hybrids survive best in the garden. Has your KH appeared?
Not even a green tip pushing through 😦
LBS is a stunning blue.
It is and there is another very similar one called Sheila Ann Germany which is just as gorgeous. It has a neater yellow mark; not so much of a splodge.
Oh so wonderful!! Anyone here grow Iris unguicularis? I tried that in Garden #2, in a sheltered little sun-trap, and it did survive for a year (not really hardy here) but not since.
Hello Chatsworth Lady, yes I grow Iris unguicularis; ‘Mary Barnard’ and ‘Walter Butt’. They are hardy here but they thrive on neglect, in really poor soil up against a wall. I give them plenty of grit and they need full sun.
Oh Chloris, you’d have been in your element at the show last weekend. The growers had pots of Iris by the barrow load. I think it must be a good year for them.
KH is my favourite but she hasn’t returned to my garden this year – odd as she’s survived the last 3. I’ve just bought trays of George for the front garden as they fit in with my colour scheme.
I would love to have been there. I really enjoyed your post about it.
It is sad that the little irises aren’ t very long lasting in the garden, specially reticulata. I believe that the corms break up into lots of little ones. I’ m told the trick is to plant them very deep.
Little beauties! I don’t have any winter irises. I must correct that!
They are lovely and after saying last week that they have no scent I decided that a pot of Pauline had a faint fragrance when I brought it into the house.
That’s the one then!
Lovely iris. Our Iris reticulata were buzzing with bees today. Top plants!
Such gorgeous colours and bees too. You can’ t ask for anything better than that.
Such beauties – the purple reticulates are always a favourite!
They are gorgeous, I just wish that they were reliable in coming back year after year.
Such beautiful purples and blues. They truly are stand-out colors for the garden. Enjoy!
They are, there is nothing else quite like them at this time of the year.
Great name for your post and I enjoyed the beautiful purples and blues of the iris.
Great name for your post and I enjoyed the beautiful purples and blues of the iris.
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I love these! Have only recently discovered they exist and bunged some in to our new garden but they refuse to come out so far. My favourite of yours are ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ and I am noting them down them down for next year.
I hope you have more success next year. You have to watch out for slugs as they are emerging.
Wow, those really are gems! Love them all, but I think my favorite is ‘Beatrix Stanley’.
Lady Beatrix Stanley is quite an astonishing shade of blue. She is stunning.
Great photos and love the colors. I almost didn’t click on your post, I thought it was just one picture of Katharine, but ooh la lah! You have quite a few other clumps 🙂
I think I will get more varieties next year. There are so many other beautiful ones I don’ t know why I didn’ t get more. I think it was because I was too extravagant with tulips when I was ordering my bulbs.
Oh gosh, I must have some of those Katherine Hodgkin Irises! Thanks for reminding me. I’ve seen them on so many blogs and I just love ’em! Gorgeous!
You won’ t regret getting them and they are great for pots as well as the garden.
What a nice collection. KH looks the nicest but I expect that in the garden, from a distance, Pauline looks better.
That’s a beautiful collection! I like ‘George’ best.
Lovely, I especially like the the blue ‘Lady Beatrix Stanley’. xx
I think she is my favourite too.
beautiful additions to your early spring garden x
They are, they are lovely in pots too.
What a delicious selection….I have an urge to paint Iris now! I just loved the blues, especially Lady Beatrix Stanley, what a heavenly cobalt!xxx
Lady BS is a wonderful colour, I wish I could paint. These little irises come in such rich jewel colours.
Lovely! You have inspired me to plant some in my garden, too.Thanks.
You won’ t regret it, they are such a joy at this time of the year.
What a beautiful selection you have Chloris – I particularly like Lady Beatrix Stanley who is new to me, but I also have the lovely Katherine Hodgkin on my wish list. Where do you buy your bulbs from? It was lovely seeing you last week and my snowdrops are safely in the ground and labeled!
I had such a lovely day with you Julie and such a delicious lunch, thank you. You will be pleased with your snowdrops, they may even start flowering as early as October, but definitely by November. I got my bulbs from Riverside Bulbs but I see Peter Nyssen has a great selection of little irises.
I have Iris ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ blooming in my garden, too. These little flowers delight me with their intricate patterns.
I had some time today to check out blogs-WOW-love that Iris “‘Katharine Hodgkin’”
what a lovely pale blue…I can’t wait, I know it is under the snow! LOL
thank you for all your lovely photos of spring blooms, I needed to see that today-HOPE!