Sunday, January 4, 2009

Today's Flower

Today's Flower is an Iris. These Iris photos were taken at the Pfister Iris Garden. The garden is located on the East Campus of the University of Nebraska. The garden was started as a result of memorial gifts to UNL in the 1980s for the purpose of establishing an iris collection. It now includes more than 150 varieties of award-winning and named iris varieties.


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26 comments:

Nikki - Notes of Life said...

Beautiful :) It's lovely to see these photos as our garden is currently bare due to the season.

Anonymous said...

Very Beautiful!

Unknown said...

I can't wait for mine to bloom. Beautiful photos.

Naturegirl said...

kayleen: these are stunning ..love the color! Smiles to you today! :)

Luiz Santilli Jr said...

Hi

Marvelous post!
Thanks for posting in TODAY'S FLOWERS!
Hope you have a happy 2009!

Luiz

Reader Wil said...

Gorgeous! Very beautiful colour! Happy 2009.

Anonymous said...

Awesome shots; beautiful colors.

Judy said...

Love the way you got in so close! Brings out details you often don't see when you are looking at the live blossoms!
Thanks for sharing!

Leora said...

Wonderful close-ups of these irises. I should paint some irises one day... years ago, I remembering how beautiful they were when I drew them with pastels.

Lilli & Nevada said...

I love the color of this Iris so beautiful

Day4plus said...

Love the colorful Iris. MB

Pat - Arkansas said...

Mmmmm! Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing these reminders that Spring will come again.

Sandra said...

Very beautiful flowers and very informative post. Thank you for your visit and greetings from Croatia.

sweetmom said...

what a lovely and beautiful flowers, love the colors.

Gill - That British Woman said...

that second photo is stunning......

Gill in Canada

Anonymous said...

nice color and very beautiful..

Femin Susan said...

How awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Arija said...

Nothing like being up close and personal, love the heart of the Iris.

Anonymous said...

I've always liked iris and these shots are beautiful! Can't wait until they start blooming in the places I like to visit.
:-)

Anonymous said...

Iris's have always appealed to me because of their shape and because I like the colour purple a lot. Nice Photos.

Aisha said...

orchids! Such a stunning one!

Anonymous said...

Absolutely beautiful irises you have captured them very well. Also thank you for your comments on my site - much apppreciated.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

NB: Very nice capture of the beautiful iris.

Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardens said...

It is awe inspiring when observing flowers intricacies. This Iris garden must be a wonderful show when they are in flower. Your bird pictures are very remarkable in their natural beauty.

Carletta said...

One of my favorite flowers in one of my favorite Iris colors!
Lovely!

Liesel said...

Gorgeous!