Cantab Dwarf Iris

The corms in my order were nice and healthy and they grew in the spring!

beautiful

I enjoyed how early these bloomed. We had winter and spring weather that caused many of my 'faithfuls' to die, and reticulata rot easily. But they bloomed very early. I was a little disappointed that they were more violet than blue, but still pretty. When I dug them to move them to my rock garden (that my brain thought I would have done last year) most bulbs were still viable, and many had increased.

We had such a wet spring, I didn't expect these to make it. But they did and they were gorgeous. Not blue like in the picture, they're actually a light violet. I was expecting blue and that was disappointing but they're pretty enough. I dug them up from the temporary home to replant in my rock garden (which my brain thought I'd actually have done by fall last year, LOL) and almost every bulb is now two!

I love these. Yes, very much purple and NOT blue. That said, to see those itty bitty irises springing up in bud, let alone the flowers once actually in bloom, it was one of those end of winter treats I didn’t know I needed.