There’s an interesting public garden in Alexandra, Central Otago. On my birthday visit of 31 October there were a nice variety of irises to look at. They have a collection of irises that have won an annual award in America and a sign that lists their names for each year and what colour they are. Nigel took the first photo below. New Zealand.
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Text and photos by Liz, except 1st photo by Nigel; Exploring Colour (2021)
Exploring Colour 
What fabulous, frilly irises! I always think they look extremely feminine – as if they’re dancing about in their best party dresses – celebrating your birthday of course! 🙂
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Love your idea of them dancing about in their best party dresses, such a lovely description thanks Ann! 😀
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A wonderful display, Liz, and fun that so many have bloomed together. The timing of your visit was spot-on for seeing this show!
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It was spot-on! I had no idea iris-blooming coincided with my birthday lol 😀
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🤔 something to put on your calendar for next year’s celebration! Or on Nigel’s ❤️. It was really a lovely location to spend a few days.
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Wow. These irises are spectacular, Liz. I have come to appreciate lots of different varieties of irises thanks to my friend Cindy Dyer, who has a large number of them in her garden.
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Thanks so much Mike!! I did think of your photographs of Cindy Dyer’s irises 🙂
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Stunning 💐
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Glad you like them! ~these irises were a treat.
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I don’t think I have ever seen such tall irises. Beautiful colors.
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They were tall, and with big petals. Real performers. I’ll be putting up pics soon that Nigel took of other irises near where we were staying. They were behind a fence, corralled if you like, which looked pretty funny 😀
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