Another 1999 bulb surprise were these absolutely stunning dutch iris!  They've been blooming for about 3 weeks now, one after the other, and each one different.

Here's the very first flower of the year 2000 -- now I know why they call them "snow" iris -- short (no more than three inches high), a deep violet in color, and though it's 65 degrees outside (in the first week of March no less), there could just as easily be a few inches of snow.  This flower marks a welcome respite from a very dull winter!

The dutch iris have begun their 2000 bloom.

The dutch iris have burst forth in 2001.

Of all the iris, this is the only survivor in 2002.

I have to admit that I don't have a clue as to what's going on with the iris.  Last year, as shown above, there was but one iris that survived.  Yet this year, I already have a different one in bloom and two more coming up!  Why they would take a year off from growing (let alone blooming) and then come right back the year after strikes me as one of the great mysteries of nature.  I'll take it though; I'm quite fond of these flowers!

The second iris has bloomed.

And the third.

It happened again! In 2004, we had no iris at all.  Now, in mid-May 2005, one of the iris has bloomed!

I'm guessing that the dutch iris are every-other-year flowers.  In 2006 we had none.  I had forgotten about them yet here it is, 16 May 2007, and I have iris!  This one truly does appear to be the only survivor.

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