Re: Vic -- Iris tridentata

I grow the JPW clone in the open garden with my other species and LAIs
without any special care.  It's grown into a nice, but loose, clump.  It
blooms every year but sparsely.

There are still quite a few of Vic's seeds left for anyone interested in
trying this species.

Rodney
-- 
Rodney Barton 
rbarton@hsc.unt.edu

North Central Texas USA
AIS, SIGNA, SLI and SPCNI
USDA Zone 7/8 
AHS heat zone 8
Annual rainfall 32 in.
Mean annual temp 65 deg.
Mean length of frost free period 230 days

North American Native Iris web site:
http://facstaff.hsc.unt.edu/rbarton/Iris/NANI.html





> I'm also growing the clone of Iris tridentata that Joe Pie
> Weed is distributing. I grow it in undrained oak barrels
> that are wet in the winter and damp in the summer.
> I use a mix of sand, potting soil, compost, and, acid
> soil conditioner. Mine have been producing a few blooms
> every year. I live in zone 9 (Northern California, 30 miles
> from the coast) so my winters are mild. I wonder if the
> barrels might get too chilled in climates with cold winters.
> 
> I have more than a dozen I. tridentata seedlings from
> Vic's seed contributions to SIGNA last year. I need
> another barrel... I'm looking forward to them blooming!
> 
> Ken Walker



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