These are my favorite irises. They are called Danfordia irises and they are dwarf irises. I love their vibrant color, but hate that they only seem to bloom here for just a few days. Perhaps it’s because even though they bloom in early spring we’re usually warming up fast here in Toronto just as they begin to bloom … if it were colder I’m sure they’d last longer. Oh well … then I’d be complaining that Spring was too cold … can’t have it both ways, now can I?
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1 COMMENT in “Beautiful, but short lived Irises”
May 3rd, 2009 at 2:00 pm
my mom had a very small iris (she didn’t have much time for gardening, so they were kind of on their own)
She called them Japanese Iris. They were about the same color. I loved when they bloomed. Your photo gave me a moment of nostalgia.
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