Re: Re: J. Iris

Could be-  I wasn't willing to let them naturalize here.  What a pain to 
dig them up, and they'd only been in the ground a year!

Theresa

Cathy Carpenter wrote:

>Would be willing to bet that your yellow iris were Iris pseudacorus,  
>a European, SW asian iris that has naturalized here and is extremely  
>vigorous.
>
>Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
>On Jul 2, 2005, at 6:55 PM, Theresa wrote:
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>>Hmmm- I had some yellow iris that were water lovers that sounded like
>>they might have been these- but had to dig them out as they were  
>>taking
>>over my camelia's space.  They got huge and spread though- so not sure
>>they were Japanese.
>>  Oh- I found a website with some pics- and I DO have one japanese
>>variety (not sure which one)  that is a lovely white with lavendar  
>>and a
>>touch of yellow.  Mine have already bloomed though- so I don't have a
>>picture to share.
>>
>>Theresa
>>
>>Cathy Carpenter wrote:
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>>>Flowers are large, 6 - 8+ inches, and all petals are falls (the down-
>>>turning ones), no standards (the upright ones). They are water
>>>irises, requiring 1 - 2 inches of water per week.
>>>
>>>Cathy, west central IL, z5b
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>>>On Jul 1, 2005, at 9:55 PM, Theresa -yhoo wrote:
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>>>>I have a couple of bearded iris varieties, and some
>>>>other kind of iris (might be Japanese??) but not sure.
>>>>
>>>>How would I know if I had a japanese iris (since the
>>>>tag is long gone).  Anything obvious to ID it?
>>>>Theresa
>>>>
>>>>--- Cersgarden@aol.com wrote:
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>>>>>In a message dated 6/28/05 1:55:59 PM, Cersgarden
>>>>>writes:
>>>>>
>>>>><< Anyone have a favorite Japanese Iris?  I have 3
>>>>>varieties & would like to
>>>>>add a least another. >>
>>>>>
>>>>>Noone grows Japanese Iris?
>>>>>   Ceres
>>>>>
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