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  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291

    I don't really know what the Iris is or what it is called... looks similar to the Pacific Coast Irises like macrosiphon. Might have to put on an I.D. thread...

    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053

    Is it Iris foetidisima - it has red berries which smell.

    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489

    Hogweed, I have that. I was thrown by the flower being in an arrangement.image

    SW Scotland
  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291

    Hogweed - you are spot on! Once you said about the berries I realised - as I noticed them last Autumn. 

    It has several common names - Stinking Iris or Stinking Gladwin. Thanks Hogweed and Joyce for helping me I.D. that.

    Last edited: 03 June 2017 23:18:39

    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

    Lovely flowers AR. I've got that iris too but I've never noticed a smell. Perhaps I am fortunateimage

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003

    Catmint, lupinsimage, astrantia, roses, sweetpea

  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489

    Lovely delicate colours Mary.

    SW Scotland
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003

    Thank you Joyce, just found this thread, love it, such a variety of flowers and blooming times.  I have only ever picked my sweet peas, last year I decided I was going to grow lots of flowers to bring inside, and to share the outside colour and beauty inside, visitors are already complimenting the small offerings in my jam jar arrangements.  Excited now for the beauty of the months to come!

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

    You certainly have an eye for flower arranging, Maryimage

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291

    Lovely Mary - elegant and feminine. My Astrantia were munched so did not make my jam jar. 

    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
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