The irises got eaten by the skunks and have never been replanted. I miss them, but I can’t manage the bigger gardens anymore. Meanwhile, these are the irises we grew back when the garden was still young and healthy — and hadn’t been taken over by strangling vines.
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Heartbreaking indeed to see them fade away this way. But at least you took photos of them.
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I hope those munchers were really HUNGRY because those were expensive snacks!
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They are two different shades of purple or is that just the light or camera? Either way, both of them are beautiful.
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There are a lot of shades of purple. I think each of these pictures was from a separate year. Some years the iris were very dark, but lighter other years. Until the skunks ate the bulbs. They ate all the bulbs except for TWO tulip bulbs.
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Lovely
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I love irises. So do the skunks who think bulbs are yummy. At a certain point, I gave up. Between the skunks and the deer and the squirrels and all the other munchers of flowers and bulbs. the only way we’d have a garden was to cage the entire thing including the roof! At least I have photographs.
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That’s true. You share it with the world around you.
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It takes a lot of constant attention to keep a garden and those of us who aren’t really able are better off not trying.
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Yes, I can imagine
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