hello darkness bearded iris
Yesterday I had a couple of different bearded iris that were beginning to bloom. The first was Hello Darkness, a tall bearded, which as you can see is a dark beauty as the name implies. The second and quite a surprise was YoYo which is a dwarf. I had just looked at my potted bearded iris the day before and I had not noticed any scapes (flower stalks), and then yesterday I saw color in the pots.
YoYo, bearded iris
There were 2 different pots of YoYo blooming. This is a great iris for the front of your border since it is a dwarf (about 8 inches tall).
This afternoon I saw another couple of scapes starting on some other iris. It looks like the iris may be a bit late this year, but they are about to start blooming – yippee!