Purple Iris Purple Gate

I planted these luscious Japanese Iris years ago in a boggy spot and pretty much forgot them; they are flowering well this wet, wet spring. Our lilac gate seems to match them perfectly; a happy accident.

Jill Weatherhead is garden designer, horticulturist and principal at Jill Weatherhead Garden Design (www.jillweatherhead.com.au) working in Melbourne, the Dandenong Ranges and Victoria.