Iris of my eye

The irises are doing GREAT this year... Some are more settled in than others. I have a yellow one that's already fizzled out, unfortunately...it's a scrawnier plant, and in an area that wasn't ammended as much, so the soils heavier/harder, and probably isn't giving it much room to grow/spread. I'll have to fix that sometime. This picture was from a week or so ago, before it finished up for the season...


I really like this orange-y iris...I'm not sure this picture does it justice.


Not too fond of this one - pale yellow on top (I believe that part's called the standard), with violet falls. The falls aren't a bad color at all, but I'm thinking I don't care for the bi-color look? Sort of distracting. So, of course, this one is one of the faster growing, healthier bearded iris I have, right? ;-)


I think these are considered Dutch iris, and I believe are splits Mary gave me two years ago? Maybe last spring. I've got clumps of these scattered in the two big beds in the back yard, and they're doing great... Beautiful colors, and a mass of flowers!


I really like this DARK maroon bearded iris - it has such a dark velvety look to it. It's actually my biggest and healthiest iris I think?


And finally there's this guy, which probably is my favorite for color right now. It's over in the purple/blue bed, along with a bunch of the Dutch iris, and really helps nail the color palette along with some of the other plants in flower right now (like the catmints and speedwell).


Hopefully in a few years all of these bearded iris will have grown so much I'll have to split them and spread them around more - either to more places in the gardens, or with friends...