Category: PLANTS & PORTRAITS

Plants & Portraits is the portrait gallery. A place of intimate study: the velvet of a rose, the nod of a snowdrop, the dark tongue of an aroid whispering secrets in the shade. Each post a character sketch, each flower a sitter.

THE BENTON IRISES TAKE THE STAGE: GROWING CEDRIC MORRIS’S HISTORIC BEARDED IRISES

On By PETERIn BORDERS & BEDS, CHARACTERS & COMPANIONS, GARDEN JOURNAL, HISTORY & MEMORY, PLANTS & PORTRAITSLeave a comment

THE BENTON IRISES TAKE THE STAGE

New arrivals, familiar ghosts, and the promise of a future performance.

The new arrivals swept in like a travelling troupe — fresh from the hay-strewn hold, labels stapled to their leaves like boarding passes. A little dishevelled, a little dazed, but humming with potential.

Continue reading “THE BENTON IRISES TAKE THE STAGE: GROWING CEDRIC MORRIS’S HISTORIC BEARDED IRISES” →