Showing posts with label Iris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iris. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Spring is coming to Blackwell Forest Preserve

The usual first of spring birds are arriving. The grackles, cowbirds, red-winged black birds.

At the front of the subdivision where we live, we have a sitting goose.

More swallows.

Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe

Ring-necked duck, male
Ring-necked Duck

Male and female ring-necked duck

Snow Goose

Snow Goose, with a Canadian Goose
There was this one snow goose, with 14 Canadian geese.

Eight American Coot were at the lake in Blackwell Forest Preserve.

Saw a Killdeer by the entrance to our subdivision. 

Meadowlark

The miniature iris in our front garden.

Our daffodils have begun to bloom.

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Flowers and Wild Flowers

Iris


wild Rose

Dames rocket

Broad-leaved Spiderwort
Siberian Iris


unknown

Yarrow

Moth Mullein

Clover

Purple Cone Flower

Ox-eye Daisy


Iris, that are in a marsh area

Siberian Iris

Friday, May 10, 2013

Iris

These are the spring mini iris. Love the yellow.

Love the color of this iris. It is at the Growing Place in Aurora.  I would so like to go back and get it.  It is beautiful.

How about this purple and lavender one. This is a hybrid. 

These are mini one again.  So pretty
These are the ones in my garden.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Flower pictures

Lupine

Iris


Cactus


Iris

Sweet William
Acanthus dioscoridis

It forms dense tufts of pinnately divided soft, rather narrow leaves. The flower spikes may be up to 5 feet tall with vertical rows of white flowers almost hidden beneath dull pinkish bracts.  It prefers a hot sunny position
Peony
Iris