Re: TB: I. germanica
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  • Subject: Re: TB: I. germanica
  • From: &* J* <b*@hotmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:00:11 -0500
 

Neato. I have a clump of it too but it isn't anywhere near 30 years old! Maybe the one down the road is, it's huge. Love it too. I don't find it fertile tho, how about you?
 
Barb in SW MO, where part of the place is in icicle territory and the rest isn't...
----- Original Message -----
From: l*@lock-net.com
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 7:16 PM
Subject: [iris-photos] TB: I. germanica

 

First iris I fell in love with as a child. Wish they would all grow and
bloom like this. every year.

Under the eave drip line (no gutters), buried in leaves that blow in,
undisturbed for ~30 yrs. Bright red-purple moneywort in the foreground
and blue & white blue-eyed Mary farther back.

This one usually is at least partly frozen out by erratic winter and
early spring freezes. It must have liked our record cold winter - never
have seen it put up so many stalks. If it did this every year, I
wouldn't have started pollen daubing!

Linda Mann
east TN zone 7 USA

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