Re: what's blooming?

What is the species name for walking iris?
Kitty'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] what's blooming?


> We have a few of the pink ones here too, Zem, but they don't seem as
> vigorous as the purples [ours are more purple than blue, although the
> dwarf ones seem to be more blue than purple]. Our walking iris is also
> in a pot, and I think we'll keep it there. Got enough things that want
> to mosey around the yard.
>
> On Sunday, October 24, 2004, at 02:19 PM, Zemuly@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 10/24/2004 12:42:00 PM Central Standard Time,
> > jsinger@igc.org writes:
> >
> > Walking  iris is blooming [first time].
> >
> >
> > I have that in a pot.  This year it didn't bloom (bloomed last year),
> > but
> > it's got babies on the ends of most leaves.  I've bent some to  pots
> > adjacent to
> > it, and the rest I'll snip later for repotting.  It must  be great in
> > the
> > ground where it can "walk" naturally.  The blooms are  beautiful.  My
> > blue
> > Mexican petunias are still blooming, but the pink ones  went to seed a
> > while ago.
> > I've never had any of the stems root, they just  reseed each year.
> >
> > zem
> > zone 7
> > West TN
> >
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Zone 10a
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
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