We get these all the time in the spring popping up around the house.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f286/tokaysunlimited/nissan076.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f286/tokaysunlimited/nissan077.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f286/tokaysunlimited/nissan088.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f286/tokaysunlimited/nissan082.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f286/tokaysunlimited/nissan078.jpg

Looks like a purple iris.

Iris is my guess as well

Yup, Purple Iris it is... I have craploads of them near my pond

Cool thanks...There pretty cool looking!

hell yea they are.... forgot to mention too, Nice picture sequence !!!!

hell yea they are.... forgot to mention too, Nice picture sequence !!!!

Thanks...I know we have some "lady fingers" in the swamp back here.
Heard they are pretty rare and endangered.

Purple iris's were my grandmothers favorite flower, that is how I knew.

Iris come in lots of colors - and several varieties. That one's a German bearded iris, named for the "beard" emerging from the center of the bloom. There are also Siberian iris, Louisiana Iris, Japanese iris, Dutch iris . . . you get the picture. They also come in lots of different sizes, from about 8" to 3' tall.

They bloom in late spring, between the tulips and most perennials - and they're one of my favorites.

~Bruce

Iris come in lots of colors - and several varieties. That one's a German bearded iris, named for the "beard" emerging from the center of the bloom. There are also Siberian iris, Louisiana Iris, Japanese iris, Dutch iris . . . you get the picture. They also come in lots of different sizes, from about 8" to 3' tall.

They bloom in late spring, between the tulips and most perennials - and they're one of my favorites.

~Bruce

Does the beard serve any purpose??

a purple flower :lol:

a purple flower :lol:

Good call Andrew!:master::master:

Good call Andrew!:master::master:

thank you i do know my stuff:hellyea:

You could have taken a picture of the ground where they grow in almost a straight line at least to make it difficult...:lol:

Great shots man :rockon:

Yup, bearded Iris. They come in lots of different colors. I've got a bunch of them growing around my house too, they're one of my favorites.

http://www.flower-gardening-made-easy.com/bearded-iris.html

Nice Iris pics Jeremy.

Does the beard serve any purpose??

Reproduction! It's what flowers are all about. Any insect or bird who wants nectar from an iris has to brush across that beard going in or out - and transfer pollen from one bloom to another.

~Bruce

Reproduction! It's what flowers are all about. Any insect or bird who wants nectar from an iris has to brush across that beard going in or out - and transfer pollen from one bloom to another.

~Bruce

Intresting! thanks.