April is the month of the bearded iris here in North Carolina.

I have one old type from my daddy’s mother’s garden.

I moved many iris onto this bank last summer.  They have never been happier.

The rest of my iris are hybrids.

They came from Cooley’s in Oregon over twenty years ago.

This is just the first wave of iris.  There will be more in the coming weeks.

The next parade will be the peonies.  Here is the first bloom.

Ahhhhh spring at last!

FLOWER