The aptly named 'Melted Chocolate' is a sweet confection in the garden. Rich and alluring in cool temps, it fades with too much hot sun. A long time favorite of mine. From 1977. #iris 🌱
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But… wait. Iris are supposed to love the sun. Bake their rhizomes! And this one wants it a bit shadier?
aug 10, 2025, 10:34 pm • 0 0 • view
The flowers do better if protected from the hot summer sun. It is at its best during a cool spring bloom. Keep in mind modern hybrid irises are a Frankensteinian hodge-podge of genetics that Mother Nature would never have come up with alone.
aug 10, 2025, 10:37 pm • 2 0 • view
Ah… that makes sense. We made them this way. Interesting… Frankenstein’s Iris.
aug 10, 2025, 10:45 pm • 0 0 • view