An iris called Gordon


Suddenly, it seems, the days are longer.  And just as suddenly the spring bulbs I planted in the autumn as an act of faith against the darkness of winter have come into flower.  First were the snowdrops, but very soon after is Gordon, a tiny iris reticulata.  

This picture is for my daughter, now back at university.  We know a small, cheerful Gordon, and I hope this cheerful iris brings back some happy memories for her.

And for my son, also back at university - if I'd baked any chocolate  brownies I'd post a photo for you!

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  1. Gordon is a delightful beauty!

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    1. He is indeed, and all the better for such an incongruous name for a flower.

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  2. Lovely! I haven't seen any snowdrops yet in my area, but soon I think!

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    1. I expect your snowdrops will be a bit later than ours, Sven. Hopefully they'll appear before too long.

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  3. How perfectly lovely. I am mourning the fact that we didn't get a haggis this year and missed our Burns celebration. Next year, for sure and certain.

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    1. Haggis free zone here too. And now they've gone from the shelves, back to wherever they spend the summer.

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    2. There's a butcher called Stewart's in Kearney, NJ that sells them year round. We usually pick ours up at the yearly Highland games at Old Westbury Gardens. Stewart's always has a truck there, selling hot meat pies and bridies with HP sauce on the side, and they bring loads of frozen haggis to sell. We had company with us this past summer, so we didn't stop to pick up our haggis - but nothing stops us from ordering direct from Stewart's. I suppose we just forgot. I may just order one now anyway, hang the date!

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    3. Did you not know the Haggis hibernate during the summer. Or is that aestivate - something like that. They shed their wooly coats and head for the caves in the Highlands.

      I'm really jealous of Gordon. Every attempt of ours to grow Iris reticulata is foiled by the mice digging them up and eating them.

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  4. Wow can't believe they have flowered already. So nice to see a bit of colour in amongst all this dreary weather. I can't wait for spring to come along :)

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    1. They are in a sheltered spot, so perhaps that's brought them along. Yes, I agree. Enough of winter now, even tho we haven't had much snow at all.

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  5. It's wonderful that you have flowers already! Ours are a long way off.

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    1. I'm happy to see the irises, but less happy that the daffodils are so far on. Way too early. Climate change is real.

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  6. I love Iris' AND chocolate brownies!!! Beautiful colors in this iris!

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    1. Gordon is a wee cutie, isn't he? I'm tempted to give him some companions next year.

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  7. what a beautiful flower and the colors are perfect! it is a lovely reminder that spring is coming as i look outside today at the rain and barren trees. thank you!

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    1. It is amazing, isn't it, that such delicate flowers appear when everything else is still in the grip of winter.

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  8. The bulbs are coming through the earth here their green leaves promising the joy that the flowers will bring in due course. What a beautiful iris this is bringing colour in this drab time of year.

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    1. I have them must outside the front door so that they greet me in the morning as I leave for wor, and welcome me home again in the evening.

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  9. Gosh you are ahead of us in Aberdeen. But when the time comes, there are many iris reticulata 'Joyce' in my garden. I wonder if she knows Gordon? There's a resemblance, for sure.

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    1. You're in a colder 'neuk' up there! There's a surprising difference between Aberdeen and Edinburgh in the progress of the seasons. Will look forward to seeing Joyce when she's ready to emerge.

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  10. Beautiful Iris Gordon! I love flowers (but I, unfortunately, do not have green fingers..) and I love brownies!! :-)

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    1. Ah, but you have knitting fingers (those beautiful 'votter'), which is something I don't!

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  11. We were having a lovely run of warm days and, as usual, got to thinking that the warmth would last. Now we have winds (bitter winds) and blowing dust. There are still times in the afternoon when the sun is plenty hot and I can go round the garden to see that the roses are leafing out. Hope for Spring, indeed, even in the droughty Southwest desert.

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    1. The dust must be particularly nasty. Something to consider every time we complain about damp weather in Scotland.

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  12. Beautiful! - I like the colours and the "triangle-form".

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  13. What a beautiful photo! I am so envious that you are enjoying the first flowers of Spring. Here in Colorado, things are still in varying shades of brown. Do post more pictures so I can Spring-Dream!

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