Last Friday, it got down into the lower 20s (not unusual this time of the year). I noticed a very interesting frost on the patch of Iris reticulata I’ve been photographing a lot lately.
On closer inspection (click on the image for an even closer look), I noticed that the frost crystals were — I don’t know — columnar in shape? Any folks into crystals out there?
What I really love about all these early flowers is how easily they shake off a frost that in fall turns so many plants to mush.
I’ve been seeing reticulata in bloom all over here. I’ve got a flowering gap in my front garden, and reticulata is one of the bulbs I’ll order this fall to fill in the gap next Spring.
“What I really love about all these early flowers is how easily they shake off a frost that in fall turns so many plants to mush.”
Great point, Craig. I never thought about that before…