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  Garden Pic of the Day: Snake Iris Here in Northwest Florida, the end of January spells the end of winter and the beginning of spring! Everything is starting to "wake-up." Leaf buds line my rose stems and my Snake Iris has just started blooming! Here's an excellent shot of one of the 3 first blooms! It's a unique looking Iris, miniature in size, with deep purple outer petals and lime-ish inner petals. It occupies a container out front.

Today's featured garden picture is my Snake Iris I saw these in a garden catalog and ordered them about 3 years ago because they are so novel looking; citron green centers with dark purple, almost black, flag tips. They are a miniature iris with grass-like leaves. I planted them in this container because I read they multiply and spread readily---and they have! They've gone from 5 to about 15 to 20 blooms. They don't last long, but put on fine show about about 10 days. I think they're called "Snake Iris" because they vaguely look like a snake's open mouth.

This is a very small, unique looking Iris with light yellow-green center petals and black-purple outer "flag"petals. It's a miniature form of Iris. I planted a grouping of it spring of 2019 in a container. I have out front. This spring it bloomed. Three blooms so far and perhaps more to come. The center of the container it grassy it's narrow leaves. The blooms don't last long--only a day or two, but I expect an better and better show as they multiply from year to year!