I am abandoning my 10 year old iris garden in the city, my big one, the one I lease from the City of St. Louis for $1 a year. I am moving iris plants to our acre in Hermann. I still have two iris gardens in the city—one where I live, the other in our community garden’s perennial border.
Here is the big iris garden in its glory days:
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More later...my internet service is acting up.
Woah.. the City is going to miss you and your irises. But their loss is Hermann's gain.
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"Glory Days" for sure!
A few days ago I put in 2 beds of Siberian Iris bulbs in my back yard.
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That’s really beautiful! They should be paying you)
I can’t grow Siberians for some reason. I put in a few varieties 4 years ago and only one survived. Well I do grow Caesar’s Brother, but anybody can grow that it’s like a weed.Originally Posted by dado potato
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iris garden looking good a few years ago
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Iris garden today, most iris gone to live in other gardens
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Iris now living in a neighbor’s garden correctly planted
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Is this a building lot that will now be sold by the city or a quirky lot that is not readily sold and will turn to weeds?
As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”
This is a large corner lot that the city owns and is holding for eventual construction. They would not sell it to me because it is a prime building lot.
Honestly, it is probably good timing because I am moving my plants to Hermann and it is my guess that a builder will be grabbing this land to build on because new houses are going up on the street. It is a very good thing for this neighborhood and is a good thing for our houses that are right next to it.
We have two tiny old houses that are not habitable next to this big vacant iris garden.
Very pretty. I noticed the other day that one of our library branches has a memorial iris garden. So many colors and each dedicated to someone who has passed away.
Beautiful flowers
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