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If you are a New Mexican you have to love them. You cannot like them, you have to love them.
Lirios (Iris) and Varas de San Jose (Hollyhocks) are the flowers of my childhood. They were everywhere we went. Every drip line on every house that had a pitched tin roof had them. The flowers of both plants came in many colors and they are very forgiving plants. All they need is a little water and plenty of sun. The Lirios are probably native to the state, the hollyhocks came with our ancestors. Up the Camino Real from Mexico and Spain before that.
They bring back many memories when I see them in bloom. They bloom from early May in the Southern Part of the state to early to early to late June in the North and in the mountains.
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