One person’s weed is another’s iris!
When we first bought our house with three acres, we dove into gardening. I tackled the flower gardens. I starting with gardening magazines, scouring through all the varieties, planning shade garden in the back and the rock garden in the front yard. It was loads of fun. Bought roots and seedlings.
In the process of preparing the rock garden, I uprooted what I expected to be weeds, rhizomes, that had flooded the garden. Hating to kill anything and not quite knowing what plants they were, I placed the rhizomes near the mailbox and the back door. I carefully planted the variety of plants in the garden. As the summer went on, the rhizomes grew and bloomed.
And voila, they were iris! Beautiful purple and resilient iris!
This painting is my honoring the iris! You can find it on a mug or a tote bag at my store – artworkby.pgbird.com
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