What flower is this??

Such a nice story 2 Bohemians. I have my grandmother's roses.

Such a nice story 2 Bohemians. I have my grandmother's roses.

That's wonderful Gardening 1970 ... we knew you were special For us, there is such a great sense of comfort when we spend time with these extraordinary plants. It's a powerful energy exchange.

Yep, it's African Iris. We have a bunch of these at the place in Sowal, but apparently I need to give them some food to look like Bob's.

I don't get the food for flowers thing. How did they ever grow to be a flower if no one was here to give them food.

We found some seeds in one of these flowers today and harvested them. We are going to try and grow them from seed and see what happens.

We are also anxious to share a photo of a very special iris we have growing but are awaiting it's full performance before we snap a picture. Took some bulbs from grandmothers house many, many years ago before the house was sold. ............... We also have a fig growing that we took a cutting off the mother tree --- it's wonderful to have these nature gifts that have such a special energy connection.

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Those are the absolute best kind!.
We have moved rhubarb, iris, toad lily - you name it - around the country and left starts in siblings yards when we were in locations where they wouldn't survive or bloom. Just need those living reminders!

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Grandmother's Iris

Couldn't wait to go outside today to see if the Iris was open yet. She's not fully open yet but pretty close. Last year when we took a sniff, she had a sweet lemon scent. This year, we questioned whether it was grape or lemon. We knew the scent but couldn't put a name with it. It really wasn't grape or lemon. Then, all of sudden, we remembered. Now, this is going to sound crazy and perhaps tell our age .... but do you all remember candy cigarettes, not the bubblegum ones, but the chalky ones? That's the smell!

So, here are a few photos from this morning. We will post more once she is in full performance.

So pretty!!!