quince updates and the cataloging of iris.

so spring has officially sprung 'round these parts and the iris are bursting forth in colors i've never even imagined. i've decided to document and catalog the different varieties that have been making themselves known in our gardens and tag them (literally) so that when it comes time to divide and share, i'll know what i'm giving away.

i usually fancy myself a good name-giver, but since i'm tagging the physical plants to correlate with photos stored in my leetle pink computer i decided to go with super-basic color descriptions. like yellow-burgundy here:


gah. the color of this violet-copper slays me:

this violet isn't the usual purple...it's a definite grapey hue and the one pictured here appears to be some sort of mutation. i don't think it's specific to the variety, just a single freak flower on the plant.

purple dutch:

extra ruffly peach (with strange foufy things extending out of the 'beards'):

super pale lavender:

this is the exception to my generic color names as we've always called this one 'old indian chief':

okay, maybe another exception here, but there really isn't a better description for that color:

more yard junk:

magical shooting star columbine fleurs:

onions going to seed:

my yard is FINALLY beginning to look the way i want. big mounds of crazy plants that just grow and grow and grow. i want an english cottage garden more than anything!

crazy blossom-full pear tree:

lavandula:

and finally, an update on the quince tree:

that is all, mon amies! easter is this sunday and dresses, cakes, treats, and ideas must be worked on, post-haste!