Beautiful, wild, intelligent: loving iris

Blog Post by Betsey Crawford

I’m indiscriminate in my love for flowers. There are few that I don’t like, and many that I love. But there is something about my feeling for irises that sets them apart. Though they can be gawky, and frustrating to both gardener and photographer, they are full of beauty and evolutionary intelligence.

And therein lies the mystery. Flowers are not their reproductive habits, their petals, their relationships to bees, as fascinating as all those are. They are voices of the great forces that have brought, and are still bringing, the whole cosmos into being. Our love for them may help save the planet.

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