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Iris x hollandica & Iris reticulata are pretty different Irises

I fucked up. I really fucked up. I did not do my research on the Irises I ordered and only now have I realized my error. I honestly thought Iris x hollandica and Iris reticulata were both early spring bulb Irises of diminutive height, but no that’s not the case;

Iris reticulata, is a 2-6 inch tall early spring bulb that blooms in coincidence with crocuses (and is of similar height).

Iris x hollandica is a 12-24 inch tall (basically 2 feet tall!) early summer bulb.

Guess which bulb iris Gato ordered (the answer is the early summer bulb iris). This throws a monkey wrench into the planting plans, but I can nonetheless make this still work but man I wish I knew this sooner; I would’ve planted them with the hardy glads (so when the holland bulb irises would go to sleep the glads would take over the space). So I’ll have to find a different planting spot, and preferably in a way that they don’t become a problem spot for other perennials.

I’m a little sad that I’m not gonna see early bulb irises in the gardens this spring, but at the same time it’ll be interesting to see a bulb iris I’ve never personally seen before.

Almost all the bulbs are planted up, just have Tulipa tarda, Iris hollandica (*squints* I thought I ordered Iris reticulata, woops), and Crocus ‘Dorothy’ left, and I even changed my mind on how I’m going to arrange them in the gardenbeds to hopefully spread them out and still give visual impact. Also hooray for music keeping me locked to the task.

The bulb planting work slowed down when I switched from trench-style bulb planting with the shovel to individual bulb pit-style plantings with the trowel. Latter’s more tedious, but should give long term payoff and impact through naturalization; that is one thing I know Daffodils and Crocuses are good at promising their gardeners.

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Ok so some fun facts here. Those are military shoulder straps. Most modern uniforms use them to affix epaulets that show rank to.

However their original use was to hold ammo bags, bayonets, and other military gear in place while it was slung over your shoulder.

The reason they show up on so many commercial jackets these days is because a lot of fashion designs have their roots in military uniform designs.