<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1280112240209794753</id><updated>2011-06-30T07:38:04.651-07:00</updated><category term='tropicals'/><category term='houseplants'/><category term='bromeliads'/><category term='plantcare'/><title type='text'>Irises Flowers</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1280112240209794753/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Irises Flowers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10951931453221667488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/irisesflowers/iris.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1280112240209794753.post-2815633129286938</id><published>2011-06-30T07:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T07:38:04.663-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OR8k6nFBV00/TgyKQ5aD2_I/AAAAAAAAABI/_vHGaopN-Fg/s1600/bouquetts%2B2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624021366094782418" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yco7ycNnXX0/TgyJopdJX9I/AAAAAAAAAA4/wb4u3nY3PKo/s320/bouquets.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Melanie's wedding at White Point Lodge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1280112240209794753-6104403220818089177?l=irisesflowers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/feeds/6104403220818089177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1280112240209794753&amp;postID=6104403220818089177' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1280112240209794753/posts/default/6104403220818089177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1280112240209794753/posts/default/6104403220818089177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/2011/06/melanies-wedding-at-white-point-lodge.html' title=''/><author><name>Irises Flowers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10951931453221667488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/irisesflowers/iris.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yco7ycNnXX0/TgyJopdJX9I/AAAAAAAAAA4/wb4u3nY3PKo/s72-c/bouquets.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1280112240209794753.post-5175142700951309408</id><published>2011-06-29T09:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-29T09:46:40.615-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PEONY</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone-just a reminder that this is the last week for June peony specials as they are now out season.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1280112240209794753-5175142700951309408?l=irisesflowers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/feeds/5175142700951309408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1280112240209794753&amp;postID=5175142700951309408' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1280112240209794753/posts/default/5175142700951309408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1280112240209794753/posts/default/5175142700951309408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/2011/06/peony.html' title='PEONY'/><author><name>Irises Flowers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10951931453221667488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/irisesflowers/iris.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1280112240209794753.post-5859824170921767741</id><published>2007-06-26T12:42:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T12:53:53.644-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/irisesflowers/muscari_mayhem.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/irisesflowers/muscari_mayhem.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"&gt;Click the image for a closer look!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A small vase arrangement consisting of two vibrant pink cymbidium orchids, nestled within purple statice, and grape hyacinth stems. Most of the hyacinth blooms are below the water line, with their brilliant green stems extending at various heights over the lip of the vase.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1280112240209794753-5859824170921767741?l=irisesflowers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/feeds/5859824170921767741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1280112240209794753&amp;postID=5859824170921767741' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1280112240209794753/posts/default/5859824170921767741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1280112240209794753/posts/default/5859824170921767741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/2007/06/small-vase-arrangement-consisting-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Irises Flowers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10951931453221667488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/irisesflowers/iris.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1280112240209794753.post-6632381150297927201</id><published>2007-05-31T11:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T12:01:08.516-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dalhousie Architecture Student Exhibition</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/irisesflowers/jb_architecture.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an arrangement one of our staff members made for the Dalhousie Architecture Student Exhibition. The flowers used were iris, yellow daisies, and yellow roses, as well as snake grass and bear grass to add height, dimension and architectural elements.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1280112240209794753-6632381150297927201?l=irisesflowers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/feeds/6632381150297927201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1280112240209794753&amp;postID=6632381150297927201' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1280112240209794753/posts/default/6632381150297927201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1280112240209794753/posts/default/6632381150297927201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/2007/05/dalhousie-architecture-student.html' title='Dalhousie Architecture Student Exhibition'/><author><name>Irises Flowers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10951931453221667488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/irisesflowers/iris.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1280112240209794753.post-5682634749014978605</id><published>2007-03-14T07:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-11T06:18:57.184-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plantcare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tropicals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='houseplants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bromeliads'/><title type='text'>Bromeliad -- The Torch Plant</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/irisesflowers/torchplant.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/irisesflowers/torchplant.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Billbergia pyramidalis&lt;/em&gt;(bill-BERJ-ee-ah pi-ram-DAY-lis)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ease of Growing:&lt;/strong&gt; Very easy&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Light:&lt;/strong&gt; Bright, though they can survive for many weeks in a lowlight setting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Water:&lt;/strong&gt; Drench soil thoroughly, and then allow it to become quite dry before watering again.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Temperature:&lt;/strong&gt; Moderate to warm. 65-75°F during the day, and 60-70°F at night.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tips:&lt;/strong&gt; The flowers themselves are short-lived but beautiful on these easy-to-grow Bromeliads. They produce offshoots readily, and should be kept on the main plant as long as possible before repotting them to start a new plant. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1280112240209794753-5682634749014978605?l=irisesflowers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/feeds/5682634749014978605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1280112240209794753&amp;postID=5682634749014978605' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1280112240209794753/posts/default/5682634749014978605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1280112240209794753/posts/default/5682634749014978605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irisesflowers.blogspot.com/2007/03/bromeliad-torch-plant.html' title='Bromeliad -- The Torch Plant'/><author><name>Irises Flowers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10951931453221667488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u143/irisesflowers/iris.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
