Yellow Water Iris

A trio of the yellow water iris blooming right now, with lots of buds for future irises.

I was sure when I moved these in 2020 it was a mistake. I forgot they prefer damper, even wet, conditions, which I do have at the end of my yard where they were. But they rarely bloomed where they were by that time so I decided to move them to a sunnier area, and a spot where I’d love some yellow in spring, or any time of year. And all my tough old traditional purple, pink, white and yellow bearded irises I’d planted when I moved here disappeared, so I was glad to still have at least one iris, even if not the same species.

That year they sat there, the next year they came up but did not bloom. I realized my mistake and decided to move them to a wetter spot but didn’t get to it. The next spring they came up early and developed buds. Now they are increasing. I’m not sure why, this is not a wet area of the yard, but I guess they are happy. I think I’ll have to keep them under control so I’ll be moving some this year.

In the meantime their brilliant color is exciting to see each day they bloom.

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