Meet Tessa.Of the four irises we picked out on our visit to the farm almost two years ago to the day, the tawny gold one bloomed last Thursday afternoon. She waited through a year in a planter on a too-shady apartment balcony and a long fall and winter in the ground at our new house. Finally, finally. Welcome to the world, pretty one.
(Yes, before we started fostering kitties, we named our plants.)
I'm so glad we didn't miss this moment. We'd planned a last-minute weekend trip down to Portland to see the same friends we were visiting when we went to the iris farm in 2008, and I had a feeling this iris would bloom while we were away. And then once it did open, I wasn't sure I'd get a decent picture because the weather was uncooperative -- up through last Friday afternoon, it rained pretty steadily. But just after I loaded up the car, the showers slowed and some sun sneaked through. So I slipped to the front of the house and snapped some quick shots.
A lucky interval, those five minutes. I'll take them.
14 comments:
Absolutely gorgeous!
Beautiful! They are one of my favorite flowers. I have purple ones that my cuz pulled from her garden and sent to me across country. It bloomed for the first time this year!
Heeellooo, Tessa!
I'm not sure I've ever seen an iris that color. Beautiful!
Tessa is such a gorgeous colour - now I've seen the purple ones, I've seen the creamy ones but I've never seen this golden/tawny/bronzy colour before. She is really lovely.
Beautiful color!
Ooh, Tessa. What a pretty lady you are!
Incredibly beautiful. Something so "human" about the iris. Expressive like a face.
Jules -- welcome. Irises are one of my favorites too. We're hoping to do the same, dividing the rhizomes once they've grown and spread. D's dad would love to have cuttings from us.
GEW, FF, and Sherlock -- the color was part of the reason D was especially interested in getting one of these. He picked one other, a third one was my choice, and then we got a bonus bulb thrown in as a gift from the farm. Can't wait to see how the others turn out! This one was called "Instant Smiles."
Corinne, Kristen, and BLW -- it's like looking at something with an actual personality, no? I'm reminded of the gowns Deborah Kerr wore in The King and I.
So delicate, so pretty! Love this.
Ooooh, lovely. I love that butterscotch irises and am glad you caught it! We have only purple and burgundy; my mother has yellow and pink. Around here, I know that spring is on the on the way out when they show up.
Jane -- me too. I wish I had a better view of this little bed from the window over the kitchen sink. (I get plenty of opportunity to stand there ...)
Leslie -- welcome! Yes, the irises do mark a season shift around here too. May is usually fairly cool but June is anybody's guess. I'm hoping for fewer heat waves than last year since we don't have air conditioning.
Hi Tessa! You are lovely!
Beautiful, love the raindrops on them. Hope you had a fabulous time with your friends.
Beautiful, love the raindrops on them. Hope you had a fabulous time with your friends.
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