For us Iris lovers it is the start of the flowering season, with the delightful I. stylosa in flower, and some lovely I. reticulata hybrids popping out. This is in flower in my garden at the moment:
There are other delights - the sombre I. tuberosa is also in flower in my garden. This is a special flower to me as it was the flower I took my wife Jill out to see by torchlight on our first date, not knowing it had come third hand from her mother's garden (via her aunt and a nursery!)
As if that was not enough excitement for one day, some packets of seed have arrived from John Taylor in Australia, filled with the progeny from his fantastic breeding programme with PCIs, with a lot of hand crossed seeds from his fabulous award-winning variety withe the breeding name of A44 - see below. I sowed these today.
Then, while I was out and about I noticed a PCI in flower in my garden. This is ridiculously early - they should still be about ten weeks away, but what a nice bonus!
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