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May 24, 2023 9:57 AM CST
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Name: Arlyn
Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a)
Beekeeper Region: Illinois Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Took a little time, this morning to take few "bed shots":

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Ginger Treat, by Lucy Burton...tell your Mom, "She did good!", Lucy!

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The heat is making thing pretty difficult for th irises, and the peonies! Blooms don't last very long! I'm about "peak" on irises, now...so it's all downhill, from here!
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May 24, 2023 11:37 AM CST
Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)
Butterflies Vegetable Grower Keeper of Poultry Irises Keeps Horses Dog Lover
Daylilies Cat Lover Region: Wisconsin Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Looking great Arlyn, it's amazing how fast the season goes by, but what a show when it's going on. Your beds look great. Ginger treat does well for me too.
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May 24, 2023 9:04 PM CST
Name: Robin
Melbourne, Australia (Zone 10b)
Region: Australia Garden Photography Cat Lover Irises Seed Starter
Nice beds Arlyn! Ginger Treat makes a beautiful clump Lovey dubby
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May 24, 2023 9:12 PM CST
Name: Cindy Vasko
VA (Zone 6b)
Restless with wanderlust.
Bee Lover Garden Photography Cat Lover Daylilies Garden Art Irises
Organic Gardener Keeper of Poultry
Wow, I LOVE the border strip you made! That's exactly what I want to do with my orders coming in this year, except narrower. Seeing your photos is an awesome inspiration, because it really helps me envision what I want to do. Beautiful!
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May 25, 2023 6:33 AM CST
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Name: Arlyn
Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a)
Beekeeper Region: Illinois Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Thanks for the nice comments! Yeah, at the time I put the beds in, I was wanting "all the room I could get"....now that I'm older...I'm wishing they weren't quite so big Sticking tongue out . There is just over 5000 square feet of bed space...and that's a LOT of weeding!!
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May 25, 2023 7:26 AM CST
Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)
Garden Photography Cat Lover Irises Region: North Carolina Peonies Enjoys or suffers hot summers
Celebrating Gardening: 2015
5000 square feet? Whew!!

The beds do look absolutely lovely. I wish I had the room for giant clumps like yours. They make quite a statement.
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May 25, 2023 6:58 PM CST
Name: Barbara
Northern CA (Zone 9a)
Region: California Cat Lover Dog Lover Irises Enjoys or suffers hot summers
Arlyn, beautiful beds. I'm glad to see posting some pictures.
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May 26, 2023 7:12 AM CST
Name: Wheezy
Cincinnati (Zone 6a)
Irises Dog Lover Frogs and Toads Bee Lover Region: Ohio
crowrita1 said: Took a little time, this morning to take few "bed shots":

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wow. so well done. you should be proud of what you've done! Hurray!
The Allergic Gardener salutes all of you wheezing on your hands and knees in the garden for love of your flowers.
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May 26, 2023 7:47 AM CST
Name: daphne
san diego county, ca (Zone 10a)
Vermiculture Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
beautiful iris beds, thank you for posting arlyn.
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