The Garden Awakens
Anise 'Woodland Red' ( Illicium floridanum ) A few weeks ago, I thought spring would never arrive, but now the change is astonishing. The nights are still cold (40s and sometimes even 30s) so planting tender annuals and vegetables is unwise although I have already succumbed, but covering and uncovering things gets old quickly. Someone made a wise comment last week and I must agree with them - "Don't plant anything tender until after May 1". Several plants are blooming like never before. One is the Anise shrub (above and below). I don't know if the recent tree pruning, which is allowing more sun into the woodland path, is affecting it or perhaps it is just age, but I've never seen so many blooms. Michael refers to this as "the stinky fish shrub" and I have to admit to smell of the flowers is quite unpleasant. It is so beautiful that I can overlook that. The old pink dogwood tree, which was already here, shades our woodland path and it too is prett
Hi Phillip, if it's a reblooming iris it may be Pink Attraction. There are a few pink ones with with orange beards. PA has very short stems.
ReplyDeleteI'm not an iris expert either but this one looks good enough to eat.
ReplyDeleteIf I don't know can I just make up a name? How about Cascading Candy? Sorry, I don't know. But it is pretty!
ReplyDeletegood luck finding out.
Rosey
All I can tell you is that it is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip, it's certainly a beauty. I believe Beverly Sills is a little smaller and more peachy pink than that one. Marnie's Pink Attraction sounds likely, there aren't many reblooming ones so that limits the choices. I would like to add that I have seen Champagne Elegance listed as a rebloomer and I have many of those and they have never ever rebloomed. False advertising!
ReplyDeleteFrances
There are so many Bearded Iris cultivars, it's like trying to identify a Daylily. It does look like 'Beverly Sills,' but if it's blooming now, it's probably not.
ReplyDeleteYet another non expert here Phillip... are you saying this is in bloom now? or are you dividing it? Is it too late to be moving Iris?? Not for you all down south but up here... I think I still have time. Sorry to answer a question with another question! Lovely Iris! Carol
ReplyDeleteI have no clue, but it's a beauty!
ReplyDeleteCameron
I've no idea, but it's a delicate beauty.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty! I love the color.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Beverly Sills to me, as well, particularly since you said it is not blooming now. Whichever cultivar it is, if I were you, I'd be taking a cutting!
ReplyDeleteYes, that is a pale pink iris! HA HA! Sorry.
ReplyDeleteHey Phillip, I think I can identify that iris, but you might have to send it to me here in Baltimore so I can be sure :)
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