In A Vase On Monday – Iris In White
Each Monday Cathy at Rambling In The Garden invites us to share a vase highlighting what is growing in our gardens.
It was 88°F. both Saturday and Sunday. In March!
A small patch of white dutch iris planted in 2002 has been in bloom nearly a week and made the harvest for today’s In A Vase On Monday.
In A Vase On Monday – Iris In White
I felt I was rescuing the flowers from the heat, but they did not seem affected. In fact they were still bright and cheerful.
In A Vase On Monday – Iris In White
In A Vase On Monday – Iris In White
Materials
Flowers
Iris × hollandica (Dutch iris)
Container
Dark blue matte ceramic jar
In A Vase On Monday – Iris In White
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling In The Garden for hosting and giving us an opportunity to share flower-filled vases across the world. Visit her to discover what she and others found to place in a vase this week. Good health and peace to you.
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these are so very beautiful……..thank you for sharing these amazing photos.
So nice to see these return each year. Thanks for stopping in!
🙂 truly my pleasure…..
Beautiful
Many thanks!
Susie, These are stunning as always. What a great way to start this Monday!
Thank you Suzanne!
Oh wow, Susie, this really took my breath away! It looks absolutely gorgeous and how wonderful to have so many to be able to cut such a bunch. Hope all is well with you and that you’re not too badly affected. Take good care xx
Thanks Annette! We’re doing ok so far and I’m spending time working in the garden. Hope all is well with you too! Stay safe.
Those are so pretty. We have had high temps here too and it is good for some plants, but not so much for others.
Thanks. Hope you’re doing well.
You may recall I am not a huge fan of irises but find the white ones more acceptable – and your crowd of white ones jumped out at me and told me I needed to add some to my bulb order for next year! Isn’t it strange how we respond to different things? 🙂 The matte blue stoneware vase is the perfect receptacle for them too – I love to see a matte finish like this. So pleased you could join in this week, and thanks for challenging my prejudices!
Cathy, I think you’ll enjoy growing Dutch Iris. They’re long lasting outdoors and much easier to arrange in a vase than bearded iris. I love the blue ones but for some reason those died out and the white ones have returned for about 18 years!
I have made a note in my bulb catalogue, Susie
very very beautiful flowers
Thank you so much. The Dutch iris seemed especially welcome this year.
88F! That’s incredible. We’re supposed to hit 80F in downtown LA tomorrow and I thought that was bad. The lion’s share of my Dutch Iris, as well as my Pacific Coast Iris, are blue but your vase makes me wish for some white ones – it’s perfect.
Hi Kris, our temperatures went back to 50s for a few days and settled down to 70-ish yesterday. Finally just perfect. I love the blue Dutch iris, but they didn’t last, so gotta love these white ones that have come back for about 18 years. Just received a new order of Dutch iris to add to the garden. Take care. I’ll try to catch up on blogs this weekend. Hope all is well with you.
They are stunning Susie! Especially a large group of them – you must have a lot to be able to cut so many! 😃
Thanks Cathy. These white Dutch iris came from a package of 5 or 10 bulbs about 18 years ago. This may be their best and most prolific blooming yet. It’s just a small patch by between the driveway and the house.
Wow, how elegant to have just white filling the vase, not too many to lose the form, but just enough to completely fill the arrangement.
Glad you like the white Dutch irises. I tried two other vases before settling on this blue one–it seemed to fit them just right.
Stunningly beautiful, like a flock of swans!
Thank you Eliza. I love the imagery of swans. They do!
Oh, those are really pretty! How wonderful to have so many to create such a graceful arrangement!
Thanks Beth. I cut most of the irises but left about a dozen for outdoors. This year they were especially prolific for some reason. Hope all is well with you.
Beautiful! Though I when I first saw the photo I thought it was Siberian Iris.
Thanks Jason. I can’t keep irises straight, except for bearded ones. I think I’ve lost most of my Siberian irises. Thanks for the reminder. Will have to check for them.
Ah, white; my favorite color!
White flowers do have a great impact. Take care.
We get away with more of it here because the surrounding forest is so dark, although light colors are preferred.