Comments on: Budget Blooms: Backyard Beauties http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/budgetblooms-backyard-beauties/ Two Young People + One Old House = Love Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:17:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: YoungHouseLove http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/budgetblooms-backyard-beauties/comment-page-1/#comment-31021 YoungHouseLove Mon, 25 May 2009 00:37:07 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=10906#comment-31021 Hey Liana, Well those babies have been popping up since we moved in so I don't think we did anything special to encourage them other than not accidentally planting anything on top of them. I think they've been established for many many years so that probably helps them to show up like clockwork each spring. xo, s

Hey Liana,

Well those babies have been popping up since we moved in so I don’t think we did anything special to encourage them other than not accidentally planting anything on top of them. I think they’ve been established for many many years so that probably helps them to show up like clockwork each spring.

xo,
s

]]> By: liana http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/budgetblooms-backyard-beauties/comment-page-1/#comment-31019 liana Sun, 24 May 2009 22:37:01 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=10906#comment-31019 What a great contract between the green and purple.. Did you do any special landscaping to encourage the iris's to grow, or are they truely wild? Very pretty setup.. What a great contract between the green and purple..
Did you do any special landscaping to encourage the iris’s to grow, or are they truely wild?
Very pretty setup..

]]> By: Megan S http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/budgetblooms-backyard-beauties/comment-page-1/#comment-27338 Megan S Tue, 05 May 2009 13:10:06 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=10906#comment-27338 PS Thanks to Sherry and Jenn C. for your suggestions- I need all the help I can get! :-) PS Thanks to Sherry and Jenn C. for your suggestions- I need all the help I can get! :-)

]]> By: elizabeth http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/budgetblooms-backyard-beauties/comment-page-1/#comment-27281 elizabeth Tue, 05 May 2009 10:52:41 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=10906#comment-27281 what a nice surprise to have come up in your backyard with no effort! :) they are so pretty! what a nice surprise to have come up in your backyard with no effort! :) they are so pretty!

]]> By: Devin http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/budgetblooms-backyard-beauties/comment-page-1/#comment-27221 Devin Tue, 05 May 2009 04:11:33 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=10906#comment-27221 I most definitely need to have you around here so I can keep my bouquets for a whole month!! That's AWESOME!!! :) The irises are beeeautiful!! - You gave me the best idea for my mom's mothers day gift!! xo I most definitely need to have you around here so I can keep my bouquets for a whole month!! That’s AWESOME!!! :) The irises are beeeautiful!! – You gave me the best idea for my mom’s mothers day gift!! xo

]]> By: Rebekah http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/budgetblooms-backyard-beauties/comment-page-1/#comment-27217 Rebekah Tue, 05 May 2009 04:01:35 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=10906#comment-27217 We inherited some lovely purple irises with our 109 year old home. They are the state flower of TN (where we live), my mom's favorite flower, and we had them planted beside our mailbox at my childhood home, so they hold a very special place in my heart. Great was my delight when I discovered them in my yard! I find that I have to be careful with the cut blooms when they begin to wilt, though. For some reason the spent blooms get very wet- drippy, even- and that brilliant purple color is a very permanent stain (on my dining room wall and the credenza in our foyer!) Oops! We inherited some lovely purple irises with our 109 year old home. They are the state flower of TN (where we live), my mom’s favorite flower, and we had them planted beside our mailbox at my childhood home, so they hold a very special place in my heart. Great was my delight when I discovered them in my yard! I find that I have to be careful with the cut blooms when they begin to wilt, though. For some reason the spent blooms get very wet- drippy, even- and that brilliant purple color is a very permanent stain (on my dining room wall and the credenza in our foyer!) Oops!

]]> By: Lauren http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/budgetblooms-backyard-beauties/comment-page-1/#comment-27100 Lauren Tue, 05 May 2009 02:15:01 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=10906#comment-27100 gorgeous. gorgeous.

]]> By: :::Lyzz::: http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/budgetblooms-backyard-beauties/comment-page-1/#comment-26489 :::Lyzz::: Mon, 04 May 2009 21:12:38 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=10906#comment-26489 I love how the flowers contributed to such an airy feeling in your sunroom. I am however envious of people who can have fresh flowers in their house, because I cannot...not because I'm allergic, but because I'm deadly afraid of flowers. A true phobia...similar to those who are afraid of snakes or spiders, I have a thing for flowers. Therefore, I can never come close to, hold or touch any flowers. I love how the flowers contributed to such an airy feeling in your sunroom. I am however envious of people who can have fresh flowers in their house, because I cannot…not because I’m allergic, but because I’m deadly afraid of flowers. A true phobia…similar to those who are afraid of snakes or spiders, I have a thing for flowers. Therefore, I can never come close to, hold or touch any flowers.

]]> By: Molly http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/budgetblooms-backyard-beauties/comment-page-1/#comment-26330 Molly Mon, 04 May 2009 20:41:18 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=10906#comment-26330 Those are pretty! I second that notion that your backyard is a great place to pluck flowers for the vase. We were having company this past Saturday night and we just cut some stems off of something in our front yard. Don't know what they are, but they bloom every single year and came in pretty darn handy this time! Those are pretty! I second that notion that your backyard is a great place to pluck flowers for the vase. We were having company this past Saturday night and we just cut some stems off of something in our front yard. Don’t know what they are, but they bloom every single year and came in pretty darn handy this time!

]]> By: MaryB in Richmond http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/05/budgetblooms-backyard-beauties/comment-page-1/#comment-26195 MaryB in Richmond Mon, 04 May 2009 20:18:08 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=10906#comment-26195 I love irises. The best part about them? The more you mistreat them the happier they are! My ex decided they needed to be aerated, and mulched, and watered and generally paid-attention-to, and the danged things went two years without blooming! But when we went back to totally ignoring them? Blooms aplenty! Now that's MY kind of gardening! I love irises. The best part about them? The more you mistreat them the happier they are! My ex decided they needed to be aerated, and mulched, and watered and generally paid-attention-to, and the danged things went two years without blooming! But when we went back to totally ignoring them? Blooms aplenty!

Now that’s MY kind of gardening!

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