Re: Walking Iris

What happens, Theresa, is it sends up a bloom stalk, blooms, and then when the flower dies, it forms a baby plant on the end of the bloom stalk. As the baby grows, it gets heavier and eventually bends the bloom stalk to the ground where the baby roots in. So in the garden, it doesn't spread unless you let it--and then it's fairly slow to do so. You probably have six months of baby in various stages of airborne to decide if you want it to "walk" or not.

On Sunday, March 6, 2005, at 09:42 PM, Theresa wrote:

Ok Jim-  why is it called walking iris?  Does it spread like crazy?

Theresa

james singer wrote:
We've got four offset on our walking iris [Neomaricas longifolia]. Probably easy to root. Let me know if you want one. First come, et cetera.


Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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