I always love hardy flowers like daffodils, lilies,and irises, but this one has a special story.
A friend gave me a box of iris bulbs as a house warming gift for the house we were building. Unfortunately, we moved in during the week of September 11, 2001. As every American knows, that was a tumultuous time for many reasons. There didn't seem to be time to think through the perfect spot for planting the iris bulbs. Finally I poked them in the ground on a hillside beside our little pond just so they wouldn't dry up and be wasted.
Every spring after that their flags (leaves) grew up strong and healthy, but never was a single bud or flower produced.
Then two years ago our part of the country suffered the worst ice storm in history. Our beautiful trees were broken and mangled. It took the summer to get the limbs cleaned up. The canopy of limbs was sparse to say the least.
But... surprise... the next spring the irises bloomed and were fabulous!
The loss of tree limbs was the opportunity for sun that the irises had been patiently waiting 10 years for.
Visit Spring Irises or Awesome Finds From Arkansas to enjoy an Etsy treasury (collection of vintage items and art pieces) that celebrates purple! Or visit I Is For. It's a clever collection of things that begin with the letter i. And, of course, you have to see Stunning Iris Displays!
Click to purchase "Purple Iris."
Your painting is fabulous too. Beautiful color and it "flags" it's importance.
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