Pre-flowering bearded irises with their rhizomes concealed with long grass.
Horticultural experts will say that irises must have their rhizomes exposed to the the sun for flower clump on a well drained embankment of the M25 London Orbital Motorway in Buckinghamshire proves otherwise. See additional images taken last year of about 26 flower spikes of blue bearded irises from this same clump.
Size: 3936px × 2624px
Location: Iver Heath, Bucks, UK
Photo credit: © Barrie Sheerman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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