Not just any old garden flowers, but flowers on a reasonably sized rock garden. I wonder where he was when he drew it. #rockgardens #alpineflowers #gardens

Looks like Iris reticulata. Perhaps ‘J S Dijt’ if they are purple?

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Wonderful image. Love of flowers in a back yard.

Thank you! Good to hear that they survived, unlike their contemporaries, Richardsons of Darlington.

Great, relatively new #snowdrops display at Burnby Hall, Pockington for northern galanthophiles. Many on the beautifully restored Backhouse Nursery of York rock garden burnbyhallgardens.com

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Lovely painting. I wonder who the greenhouses were by. Another under-researched topic that is a vital part of #gardenhistory