{"id":1519,"date":"2009-05-26T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/early_iris\/"},"modified":"2009-05-26T09:00:43","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T16:00:43","slug":"early_iris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/early_iris\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Iris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iris  are classified as Early Spring, Mid-Spring, or Late Spring bloomers.  Most of the Iris I grow fall into the Early to Mid-Spring range.  They started opening here last week, thanks to a warm spell, and about half of them are open now.<br \/>\nIn the photo below, the pink iris were the second to open this year.  Behind, and to the right you might be able to see the white iris with the dark raspberry edges that was the first to bloom, and to the left, out over the sidewalk is a purple iris.<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Iris 1 Blog 2009.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/Iris%201%20Blog%202009.jpg\" width=\"385\" height=\"500\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nThe iris in the picture below  did amazingly well to bloom this year, because they were disturbed when I was dividing iris last year.  The tall yellow iris would be classified as an early spring flower, while the bronze at the bottom of the picture and the very dark iris at the center right are just opening their first blooms.<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Iris 2 Blog 2009.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/Iris%202%20Blog%202009.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"500\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Iris 3 Blog 2009.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/Iris%203%20Blog%202009.jpg\" width=\"474\" height=\"500\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Iris 4 Blog 2009.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/Iris%204%20Blog%202009.jpg\" width=\"354\" height=\"500\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Iris 5 Blog 2009.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/Iris%205%20Blog%202009.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nI think this iris might be &#8216;Rare Wine.&#8217;  It was the most vigorous bloomer of all my iris, and I divided it last year, and shared it with friends.  Unfortunately, it took me a long time to get my iris back into the ground, so I might have lost some.  I&#8217;m pleased to see that this iris persevered and made it through the winter. (Please disregard the weeds.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m planning a special party for them next week! \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iris are classified as Early Spring, Mid-Spring, or Late Spring bloomers. Most of the Iris I grow fall into the Early to Mid-Spring range. 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