East Hollywood's Own 'Iris' Show

At Hollywood & Highland, in the (former) Kodak Theatre, there's a Cirque Du Soleil show called "Iris."

Well, here in the Eastern side of Hollywood, we have our very own "Iris" show, and it's free to watch!

The after three attempts, our native Douglas Irises have finally bloomed at the Cahuenga Library!

We planted irises back at the original Big Sunday planting in May, 2010. All but one either died or got lost. That one that survived spent most of the time half-buried in the ground near the back entrance, eventually surrounded by the festuca grasses. It never bloomed last year, but it still looked strong and healthy. Aside from the rains, this particular plant hasn't been manually watered in nearly a year.

Finally, last week, a flower bud could be felt amongst the leaves, and today, there it was - pictured above.

The "Canyon Snow" Douglas Irises in the back entryway of the Library have also bloomed! Irises were planted there in Winter 2010 but they never survived. So the hours of labor turning over the soil before planting here in January totally paid off, with yellow-throated white flowers welcoming visitors to the Cahuenga Library.

We have six Irises planted, and two of them have two flowers in bloom already. The Iris bloom season continues until June.