in mid october i planted 'autumn explosion', that i acquired from our local iris society auction. it is trying to bloom. here's a shot of the stalk. i hope to post actual pics of the flowers in the next few weeks. the stalk happened during the two weeks we were in florida.


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i will post my photo later. for some reason the camera/phone is being uncooperative in transmitting the photo to my ipad. so i can post my pic that i took this morning.

Glad to see you created a 2017 version Daphne!

You are certainly first out of the gate.

Iris blooms in January!

I was out taking down Christmas lights this morning and walked around to where I'd put in some dwarf Iris's that were given to me in 2014 and to my surprise

It's lo lovey. Does it have a name?

Thank you and no, it's just another of my NOIDs

here's the photo of the iris stalk i was trying to upload with the initial post.

a hint of color on one of the lower buds that's not visible from this angle. it's been rather chilly for us.....daytime high is just 59 deg. hopefully, we'll see it bloom by next week? 'ae' is considered a re.

when i planted the rhizome this fall, it looked as though something had been munching at the top. now, the wound has turned dark, and there's still an indent to trap moisture. i guess i have to keep a more watchful eye on it since weve been having showers every other day or so.

none here until April unless one counts the bulbs earlier.

None until April for us either.

Same! So looking forward to your blooms!

Daphne, I'd scrape that wound to see what's going on.. If it's rot, you don't want it getting to the increases.

I had several stalks poking us, but it's been so cold and wet, I'm sure they're mush by now. Haven't had a chance to get out to the garden other than to get wood and dig some ditches (river of mud and woodchips running through my carport )

Yikes, Sherry! Hope the irises and other 'preciousses' are well rooted as not to come floating by too!

Wow, Sherry, that's sure a different weather scenario then it's been in a while for you.

Hang in there Sherry! There's a reported 4-8 inches of rain coming to the Santa Cruz mountains this weekend. (We're supposed to get another 2-4 inches.)

It's also going to rain all next week.

The long-range forecast for us is a lot more rain all month, I really can't complain, We've
prayed for it for so long. I just hope the irises hang in there. They look good so far.

I heard on the radio that CA reservoirs (maybe just those in N CA? ) - are at 53% of full.

I'm not complaining either, but it's going to ugly this weekend. Stay safe and stay dry.

I think my other blooms stalks must have froze. They've stopped growing and the flower buds are turning brown.

@Henhouse

thanks for that tip sherry....right now it's been too wet and cold to go outside. but when the rain stops i'll go outside with a knife and some comet.

Good luck, Daphne!

We've got our firewood in for this rainy period ahead. It's cold, but not freezing today.