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Three Garden Pics Today: First: Siberian Iris & Shasta Daisies These are in a bed along the front side walk. I can grow any kind of Iris except the German Iris, which has a rhizome root. Siberian Iris just has regular roots. So it grows.  I like it because it's on the dark blue side, though Siberian Iris does come in a rainbow of colors. I collect blue flowers in particular, though. Also it spreads. Over the years, it has turned into a whole row!   Next: my Louisiana Iris in my backyard rain garden. I have 2 colors: First this pretty purple with touches of yellow. And then this more solid purple one, called Black Peacock. Backlit by late afternoon sun like this, it looks more purple. But in the shade, it's a deeper purple one could almost call "black."

It was lightly cool and cloudy here in Northwest Florida today and I was able to get some things done. The 4 O'clocks our front needed staking and tying to keep them upright. One 4 O'clock is 3 feet tall with a very thick stem. I don't know whether it came up from a very mature tuber-root or just ambitious.  The Hardy Hibiscus in the same area needed tying to their stake--they're approaching 7 feet tall. I edged a bed on the north corner, removing grass and transplanting it to bare areas. (It's St. Augustine/Centipede type grass.) And staked and tied up the Bell Peppers, which are getting heavy with peppers and harvested 2 Zucchini. Today's Garden Pic is from earlier this spring: Louisiana Iris! This one's name is "Black Gamecock."  It's classed as black, but "black," iris are all really very dark, dark purple and how dark is greatly effected by soil ph.   Mine are just dark purple. Louisiana Iris grow well in...

I'm going to be a Guest Blogger next month at Katherine's Corner !  It's something I've never done before. The series I'll be Guest Blogging for is called "Between the Lines," and features women bloggers all over the age of 50!  The interview questions & posts will be centered around what it's like getting into blogging as an older person and what we're blogging about.   My post will be featured on Tuesday, May 10th! And here's the best of this week's batch of "Between the Lines" posts: Paper Seedlings The Interior Frugalista Between the Lines with Marilyn's Treats To read the full interviews of this weeks participants, go here ! For today's Garden Pics, I've created a collage of all 3 kinds of Iris that are currently blooming in my garden: Being in Florida, I've learned certain Iris like this climate and perform magnificently!      Yellow Flag Iris: This one likes bogs and the e...