On 24 Nov 06, at 8:32, Mary Sue Ittner wrote: > Mine have been blooming here in Northern California for a week or two. > I remembered to cut back the leaves as the flowers are so short. I > love this Iris. It is so easy and so beautiful between rain storms. I > looked on the dates of my pictures over the years and most of them are > dated November, but there were a couple of January pictures. So > November is when it usually blooms here. Mine tend to bloom December-February if the weather cooperates. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island