Re: Iris albicans

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Mark,

this is one iris I can't keep going.  It likes it hotter and drier than I can really offer.  Funny, as I have good success with aril types, but i do tend to pamper them, despite trying to give them a hard time.  if a plant wants to hang out in my garden, just great, but over pampering doesn't make for 1) easy gardening and 2) good plants for hybridising.

My first buds are appearing on TBs, meds and arils.  Unfortunately, I am seeing virus on more than a few plants.  Hate it!!!  Isolate and incinerate time.

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Jamie V.

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Köln (Cologne)
Germany
Zone 8 

     Shown is first bloom on Iris albicans this year  -- the early date of February 28.  This does well if grown in pots with a potting mix.

 

Mark A. Cook

b*@bellsouth.net

Dunnellon, Florida.