If you’re wondering why fat birds are spurning my bearded irises here’s why!

We’ve had a lot of rain this summer and the bearded irises in our garden have come into bloom again.

In fact the leaves have shot up to twice their previous height.

However, although the flowers themselves are not quite the standard of the spring blooms they are displaying on longer stems.

In my earlier posts about irises I wrote about how the flowers were being eaten off by birds.  I told you how in early spring all my prize blooms were cut off just under the flower heads. Read more →