THis first of the irises to bloom this year are the reblooming white irises we have in the Japanese maple garden. It's a small garden just to one side of our patio that ,of course, has a Japanese maple! It was a gift a few years ago to me for Father's Day. The reblooming white irises came home with me from a plant swap last two falls ago and
bloomed again in the fall last year. White is nice but with all of the other iris colors that exist I wonder what potential hybrids could be made? That's one experiment that is on my list to try this year - hybridize my irises. I'll talk about the other (
more colorful)
irises I have in my garden later but for today we'll gawk at my white irises!
The white iris works very well when planted against this backdrop of Japanese maple leaves. The leaves on the Japanese maple have only been growing for a short time but once they fill in the combination should achieve its full effect. Many more white iris blooms are on the way.
Here is the garden from the other side. Not all the foliage is iris foliage. I've found that hiding spent daffodil foliage in and among the irises is a good way to disguise the fading daffodil foliage while allowing them to still gather energy from the sun.
Do you have reblooming irises in your garden? What do you use to hide the foliage of spring blooming bulb flowers?
