Nearly missed them :¬(

       Two points to ponder?  Apart from the obvious.  
1. There seems to be a contradiction in terminology if I say "a LOT fewer" than I'm used to.
2. Many years ago Alice bought some very miniature Iris, these ones.
       All of a sudden they vanished - without trace.  I'm beginning to wonder if the HUGE hungry Rhododendron is devouring all their Nosh OR merely shading them into oblivion.