Well, we are having rain today and that is not good but .....Tom, 10 degrees and more snow?!!! I hope you get a long growing season to make up for the lost days of spring.

Snowing here this morning. It is not sticking to the road but means business everywhere else. 36°.

I know what that is like Lucy. And it does pile up on previously packed ice and snow. I hope it stops soon.

Bonnie-I keep a bloom record of sorts. I have a spiral note book that I keep each years bloom record. I count bloom stalks and number each one. This way I know when and how many bloom each year. I transfer the number to a spreadsheet, but not the dates. If for some reason, I want to go back and look at that, I can. The exception to that rule would be rebloomers. I note in the spreadsheet "Sum" and/or Fall bloom quantities.

You are all so much more organized with your bloom logs. My log each year is just the date each one blooms. All my iris are mapped and for multiple plantings of the same variety they have a designation (such as Acoma2 for second Acoma planting). So I just list the first bloom. And last year listed a first rebloom date too. I started doing this more out of curiosity about length of bloom time around here than anything.

It helps to know when a plant bloomed in previous years. I just got this computer in '09 & don't do spread sheets, although someone talked me through one for pink SDB seedlings.

This one was a big surprise.
SDB Stitch Witch, Anthony and Dorothy Willott, 1975



I moved this iris from the front bed to the back two years ago. I guess I missed a piece of it as it came up among hyacinth foliage. I noticed it nestled down among the green leaves this morning. Little guys are resilient and will bloom in difficult circumstances.

It appears the hyacinths didn't shade it out too much. Or it bloomed just to remind you it was still there waiting to be moved!

Plants have their own ideas. Some years ago I dug MTB 'New Idea' because I thought too much shade was moving in. It has grown & bloomed happily there ever since. So I leave it alone.

Here is one that finally opened today.

Rich Blanquet, Donald Spoon, registered 2011, introduced 2012



The light is fading a bit and now they are in shadow. This was new last year and this is its first bloom for me. It increases well and has three bloom stalks. The photo shows it in blue but it is pure pale lavender. It is lovely.

It sure is Bonnie -- I'm so jealous!!!

I agree too, it's very pretty!

SDB Triplicate, John Weiler, reg. 1982, introduced 1983



Also, my first little NoID I call Beverly' GIft has its first bloom. This little iris is bright and will is a faithful spring bloomer. smiles



It is heavily overcast this morning and hard to get a good bright photo.

Like Triplicate.

Thank you for sharing Beverly's Gift with me.

I will send you some, Debra. smiles

Nice Bonnie!

I like Triplicate too!! Love that beard!

The little yellow and red is nice too.

You can tell I am eager for my irises to bloom. I have color on three more that I am hovering over. Lol

Mary Ann, I think I will have enough to share with you too. smiles

I am SO glad I'm not the only one who hovers.