Re: minutoaurea

 

Ken; I know Marty and Jan at Joe Pye Weed Gardens sell minutoaurea. It is where I got mine. It strikes me that if we spent some effort assembling growing information from around the country we could place an article in SIGNA about a species. One by one we could create a wonderful reference. I would love to place a compendium of cultural information on the Iris Encyclopedia for each species. Most of us are overwhelmed with tasks. But perhaps broken into small tasks, one species at a time we could really add to the general knowledge. just with the information we now have we can say it can be grown from zone 5 to 9. If one or more individuals would like to adopt a plant a seek out this type of cultural information we could create a valuable record. 
From: "Kenneth Walker" <kenww@astound.net>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:16:17 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] minutoaurea

 

I've had I. minutoaurea bloom in zone 9, but it has always lived up to its reputation of not blooming readily. The plants I've grown have never been long lived but have had some bloom for a few years. I do think that sun in helpful to blooming, but may try dappled mid afternoon sun the next time I get one. We sometimes get some quite hot dry summer days.

Ken Walker
Concord, CA USA
Zone 9

On 4/24/2014 4:12 AM, Robert Pries wrote:
 
Mark; I think chilling is overrated. Perhaps it would not perform in zone 10 but even in 9a I think some of these plants will bloom. Most reports I have heard were concerned that it would get too cold which is also not as bad as made out. But I remember seeing references that it performs well under the bench in a greenhouse. My plant took two years to settle in. I think the amount of sun after it was established was important in getting it to bloom. There are always many factors involved. I am zone 7a.

From: "Mark Cook" h*@gmail.com
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 8:14:24 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] minutoaurea

 

Robert,
      Then it probably would need more chilling than the climate here provides.

Mark A. Cook
Dunnellon, Florida USA     
AHS Region 12    USDA Zone 8b


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Robert Pries <r*@embarqmail.com> wrote:


Mark; I believe it is native to Japan but in a preliminary search it seems I come up with known in cultivation in Japan. It is closely related to Iris koreana which comes from Korea so it may also come from there. It seems to like my pot culture with a scree mix and I let it set out all winter under deciduous trees. It started blooming before the trees were fully leafed out. Shown be easy in a 9inch squat pot.





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