An Eye For Irises
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Flowering Irises
Their unusual beautiful flowers coming in many colours, white though to deep purple, are looking stunning in the gardens, making a bold statement with their strong stance and flower.
I love Irises, with their tall elegance and showy colourful flowers, giving your garden so much colour and style.
image: birdyboo
Contents at a Glance
Magic of Irises
Amazon Price: $16.98 (as of 05/28/2012)
This book illustrates the beautiful world of Irises.
I love Irises, do you?
The Rainbow Plant
The Iris, takes its name from the Greek word Rainbow referring to the wide variety of flower colors among the many species of Irises.Irises are perennial herbs, growing from creeping rhizomes and in very dry climates from a bulb.
My first Iris came from a friend, in the shape of a rhizome with a few leaves attached to it. Not much to look at at the time but over the years it has formed clumps which I have been separating in the cooler months, autumn or spring, to make many plants which have then been planted around the garden in different sunny spots.
Now I have quite a few that flower in Springtime, in white, blue and purple making for a very colorful and attractive garden.
They are one of my favorite plants as they is so exciting to watch grow over the seasons, producing the most most exotic flower seen when in flower.
image: wikipedia
Blue Walking Iris Plant - Neomarica - Rare Houseplant
Amazon Price: $5.49 (as of 05/28/2012)
A beautiful blue Iris plant.
A Pretty Face
Did you know that the Iris has healing proprieties and health benefits?Yellow Irises are used to treat infections such as dandruff, wounds and also makes an excellent diuretic and tonic.
It is used to treat bronchitis conditions, rheumatism and in compress form, ache.
In some cultures the rhizome or part of, are given to teething babies to ease the process.
Using the rhizome of the Iris, a powder is made, making an Iris deco ct which is used for local washing in some communities, definitely environmentally friendly.
A Iris wine can also be made with the Iris root, adding ginger,sugar and later milk and powdered almonds. Sounds like a tasty concoction
As you can see there is so much more to the Iris plant, not just a pretty face!
But most of all it is the stunning appearance of the Iris that attracts us all.
image: Visit Richmond Indiana
Irises and Art
Van Gogh IRISES Acrylic Painting Kit 12x16
Amazon Price: $22.95 (as of 05/28/2012)
The famous painting The Irises
100% Luxurious Charmeuse Silk Laurent Monteil's Irises Painting Hand Rolled Edges Square Scarf Shawl - Purple
Amazon Price: $42.95 (as of 05/28/2012)
A beautiful Monteil print of Irises on a scarf shawl.
Art Reproduction Oil Painting - Closeout Deals: Irises - Classic 20" X 24" - Hand Painted Canvas Art
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A Monet painting of Irises.
My Interesing Garden Plants
The Flamboyant Iris
What do you think of Irises?
They are just so beautiful!
collettehrock says:
They are beautiful, I didn't know that they had medicinal properties
brilliantfireworks says:
the most charming flowers!
pheonix76 says:
They are beautiful and colorful!
JeremyAce says:
Love them, my grandfather grows a bunch of them in all sorts of colors
SaintFrantic says:
Beautiful flower.Really gentle.
A bit flashy for me!
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A love of The Iris
Thanks For Dropping By! Please tell me what you think of the lovely Iris.
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vallain Jan 20, 2012 @ 10:03 pm | delete
- Iris comes in such variety and I love it dearly. Unfortunately I can't grow them in Florida. Lovely page here.
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collettehrock
Nov 27, 2011 @ 11:26 pm | delete
- Isn't mother nature wonderful, a really beautiful lens
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howtocurecancer
Nov 2, 2011 @ 12:20 am | delete
- Blessed by a Squid Angel.
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JanTUB
Oct 22, 2011 @ 9:44 pm | delete
- We recently relocated to a small country village in the mid west of NSW, and the garden is at present blooming with irises, planted many moons ago by the original owner. I picked some and they are very pretty in the vase on the kitchen table.
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pheonix76
Oct 22, 2011 @ 9:18 pm | delete
- Beautiful and informative lens! My grandma and great-grandma used to grow large gardens full of iris. Now I grow them as well. My only complaint is that they do not last long enough! :) They are one of my favorite early summer flowers.
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