I did my best to get a picture of the foliage
(that's A. Wreckmeister's foliage in the background). Please excuse the
weeds. It's rained here every day but 2 in the last month, the radio
reported yesterday. The sun is finally shining today, but the mosquitoes
are out in force. I do have 2 mosquito magnets running, but they can't
keep up, because of all the water in the grass on the north side of the
property. The south side of the property drains into the Seine
River.
The nursery beds are raised about 1 foot.
Most landscaped beds are raised about 6". I've learned over time to
plant new rhizomes in the nursery beds, to keep a better eye on them
all. Once they bloom, they get split into 2 and planted in 2 different
areas. I lose very few irises this way.
Jimmy's notes to me mentioned to give Rudskyii
lots of space; it got the same space as all new rhizomes in the nursery
bed get. He also mentioned that the leaves fall down and curl to
the ground when it blooms, but it must need to be larger to do
that. I see no signs of that happening.
To me, this clump doesn't appear like a "normal"
clump. There are huge spaces between each section, although the clump
has formed an entire circle. I only rec'd one rhizome, but I can't
recall now if it was large or small. It looks like it would be easy to
remove a piece at a time. I'll try that after bloom is finished; that
may allow me to leave a piece in the nursery bed, for insurance purposes and
bloom next year. There are 6 sections, with 5 of them having one
flower stalk each. Each stem, thin like an MTB, has 2 branches and a
terminal bud. The foliage is 12" tall; the flower stalk ranges from 13"
to 16" tall.
The foliage appears quite normal to me, 3/4" wide
at its broadest spot. The flowers are 2 1/2" high by 2 1/2 to 3"
wide.
Hopefully, I've answered all your
questions. :)
El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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