Three or four weeks ago, I was talking to my Dad on the phone, and he mentioned that the Irises where he and Mom live (fairly close, south of us) had buds on them already, and that they were sufficiently developed that you could tell what color the flowers were going to be.
We didn't have any Iris buds at that point, but about a week after that conversation, I saw a couple stalks were forming.
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