Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Blue and Purple Flowers

In Portland or Paris where the clouds often reach down to embrace the earth in their cool grasp, flowers that reflect the damp hues of blue and purple seem as natural as growing grass. Here in California’s San Joaquin Valley where skies glow hot white and dusty fields paint a hazy glaze over the sun, it seems that blue and purple flowers should evaporate by mid-morning. Purple Iris But they do not have to. These beauties poked through the rich soil nurtured by an iris farmer in Porterville. I attended the Porterville Iris Festival a few years ago with my master gardener friend, Sally Pace, and the gates opened to reveal these beauties. Purple Iris3 The Porterville Chamber of Commerce and the Tulare County Master Gardeners plan the Iris Festival for late April each year.

If you enjoyed these pictures of purple flowers, visit Cee’s Fun Foto Contest to see other entries. A new theme begins every Tuesday.

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Cee Neuner says:

January 25, 2016 at 9:58 am

Iris purples and blues are so very beautiful. Thanks for playing.

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- tchistorygal says:
  
  January 25, 2016 at 10:00 am
  
  My pleasure! 🙂
  
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anotherday2paradise says:

January 25, 2016 at 12:01 pm

So lovely, Marsha. 🙂

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- tchistorygal says:
  
  January 25, 2016 at 7:09 pm
  
  Thanks, Sylvia. 🙂
  
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the eternal traveller says:

January 25, 2016 at 1:10 pm

Very pretty.

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- tchistorygal says:
  
  January 25, 2016 at 6:16 pm
  
  Awwww thanks! 🙂
  
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diannegray says:

January 26, 2016 at 1:13 pm

Beautiful, Marsha. I just love the shape and colour of iris 😀

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- tchistorygal says:
  
  January 26, 2016 at 1:19 pm
  
  I do too. There are not many flowers any showier than the iris. 🙂
  
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natureinspiredmom says:

February 17, 2017 at 7:05 pm

Absolutely beautiful!

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- Marsha says:
  
  February 17, 2017 at 9:23 pm
  
  Thank you so much! 🙂
  
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By Marsha
On January 25, 2016
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Marsha

Hi, I'm Marsha Ingrao, a retired educator and wife of a retired realtor. My all-consuming hobby is blogging and it has changed my life. My friends live all over the world. In November 2020, we sold everything and retired to the mile-high desert of Prescott, AZ. We live less than five miles from the Granite Dells, four lakes, and hundreds of trails with our dog, Kalev, and two cats, Moji and Nutter Butter. Vince's sister came with us and lives close by. Every day is a new adventure.