exposure by Rick Gush
Evansia irises are blossom big time in the garden the right way now . These flush with a blueish hint know no limit when it comes to expansion .
Pre - springiness in the garden take out some of my preferent juicy - coloured flowers . In addition to the regular fleur-de-lis and two kinds of bluebells ( Scilla ) , the garden is presently load with volunteer tailwort plants ( Borago officinalis ) and the two big patch of evansia sword lily ( Irisjaponica ) .
Lots of stuff is starting to flower , but it seems that most of the low flowers get along on strong before the oestrus hits . We ’ll have agapanthus and plumbago flower later on , and the forget - me - nots will in the shade bloom into summertime , but the blue - flower show is especially strong mightily now .
The cloud - like caboodle of Borago officinalis are gracing the garden .
The evansia irises are particularly striking . Also name tufted fleur-de-lis , these plants originated in China but are now planted all around the world in temperate and subtropical areas . This iris grows as an attractive mourning band in many areas of Italy . The plants farm in constantly expanding clumps are so aggressive they suffocate everything in their expanding upon way of life . The non - stiff , bright - green leaves look nice growing on a slope because all the leafage fall down like a green waterfall . The stems of the irises rise above the leave of absence , with six or more flower on each stem as if clouds of pale - blue mist rising from the cascade . The individual flowers are nicely exotic , with a cluster of colorful purpleness and xanthous place on the petal . The irises in my garden now number in the century , and they are all from a few plant I claim from a protagonist ’s yard 10 years ago . I like remember my friend every time I see how well the sword lily are rise here .
The cloud-like bunches of borage are gracing the garden.
The evansia iris ’s co - star , wild borage , is usually wild . Borage seems to be an early coloniser of any cultivated background . This means I have the lamentable task every year of eliminating a lot of beautiful borage plant life as I prepare the natural spring planting area . The good news , though , is that Borago officinalis is scrumptious , and we get to eat all the Borago officinalis I ’m forced to murder .
The time of year for borage is pretty prospicient , too , and we ’ll have new plants sprouting until the hot month of summertime . If leave alone alone , borage will survive well into the summer , though the warm young shoots are safe for eating in the bounce . We consume tailwort leaves and peak cluster , sometimes cooked into veggie pie in compounding with other greens , like spinach and violent beet greens , and in soup . When I ’m golden , my female Italian congenator will make a few batches of ravioli with a tailwort - and - cheese filling . I wish to leave a flock of borage in the garden because I ’ve find out that it ’s a good companion plant , and I do sleep together that tomato hornworms can get confused and lay their egg on borage plant life instead of the tomatoes .
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