Irises from my garden

[goofy_duck2004]

I had planted some Irises last year and I was hoping they would come up. When they did not, I thoughts the bulbs were eaten by either the squirrels or the grubs in the ground. I was planning on planting something else in its place this year, but I am glad I did not. Come spring and I see tiny shoots coming up. I was so glad. I get to enjoy the

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[aveerah]

:-) they are lovely.

[goofy_duck2004]

Thanks! How have you been?

[aveerah]

Been quite okay :-) how is Arnav doing?

[arunshanbhag]

I have a bunch of those 'shankh-pushpa' types in my yard; here it is still early spring, perhaps another month before we see the blooms!

thanks for sharing!

[goofy_duck2004]

Oh nice! What are they called in English? I googled Shank-pushpa in the images but i guess no one mentions it by this name. Then i tried the south indian version shank-pushpam and lo... i got a hit in an ayurveda website. Apparently it is supposed to be a good medicine for memory loss.

Do post some pictures when they bloom. They remind me of my grandma. We used to have huge plants with bluish-purple and also white flowers.

[suku]

Oh so beautiful! You must have such a pretty garden. :)

[goofy_duck2004]

Yes they are but my garden needs a lot of work. It is far from being the perfect garden. Lot of work but we do it in bits and pieces cos of the lousy weather we are having these days and also partly cos of Arnav.

Your mail got soaked when it fell in the water and what i had made for you got spoilt. So i have made something else now and i am waiting for it to ...... before i can send it out again. Maybe a day or two more before it leaves from here. Sorry!

[papayas]

so pretty!