Iris - Bombay Sapphire - Imekatigigta...say what?

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 Tyras Trädgård/Tyra's Garden  -  ABC Wednesday and the letter is I

I is for IRIS

I got these wonderful photos from Hugh Stout Jr. at the Stout Gardens at Dancingtree

Hugh and Jennifer Stout have been growing, showing and hybridizing both daylilies and iris for over ten years. Hugh is both an exhibition/garden judge with the American Iris Society as  well as a garden judge for the American Hemerocallis Society. He is also past president of the Oklahoma Horticultural Society and Oklahoma Iris Society.

Iris 'Bonjour' - Photo H. Stout at Dancingtree

Iris 'Zekie' -  Photo: H.Stout at Dancingtree

Iris 'Be my Baby' - Photo: H.Stout at Dancingtree

White Iris growing in my garden.

Peekaboo Zedu - Foto: Mr. Hugh Stout Jr. at Dancingtree

and at last to Bombay Sapphire...now why is it here among all the lovely Irises?

Well, I read this:

The Irises got these aromatic rhizomes...

"Rhizomes of the German Iris (I. germanica) and Sweet Iris (I. pallida) are traded as orris root and are used in perfume and medicine, though more common in ancient times than today. Today Iris essential oil (absolute) from flowers are sometimes used in aromatherapy as sedative medicines. The dried rhizomes are also given whole to babies to help in teething. Gin brands such as Bombay Sapphire use orris root and sometimes iris flowers for flavour and colour." wikipedia

Cheers! or

I  is for Imekatigigta...

this is how they say cheers in Greenland.

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