Cemetery White Iris March 2, 2019

These are another harbinger of spring.  One of my earliest plants to bloom are the cemetery whites.  With these exception, my love affair with bearded iris is over.  I've tried for years to grow them.  The only one that performs for me is this old-fashioned one.  The new fancy bearded iris do not perform for me at all.  Every once in a while I get a bloom, but not often enough to cede valuable space to them all year long.  Victoria Falls is one notable exception.  They do pretty well down by the Orchard.  Probably because they have no competition at all.  Iris don't like competition / crowding.  In my garden you have to be tough enough to fight your way to the light.