First Iris of the Season

Bearded Iris

I moved several irises last summer in the hopes of better balancing out my garden design — and getting some irises to bloom that I’d never seen in bloom in the six summers I’ve been in this house.

This particular iris is one that has been in this spot the whole time, yet this year is the first it’s bloomed for me.

I’ll take it.

Camassia

Putting my son on the bus every morning gives me the opportunity to walk past my flowerbeds daily (instead of just driving past them as I come up the driveway in the evening) and keep closer tabs on what starts blooming when.

The candytuft also started blooming this morning, but this Camassia won the photogenic award for today.