The only trace of it I found in southernmost Kentucky, Mark, was investigated, and nothing turned up except confirmation that once upon a time the plant had been grown.
I suggest, however, that there is some value in documenting a range of environments and conditions in which a given population of the species--when distributed-- was known to have grown. Science doesn't often evince much interest in the experience of the horticultural collective, and in some cases, that is shortsighted.
Thanks for your interest, all. As I said, I've got an article in the works on this subject, I expect to write it in 2013.
Cordially,
AMW
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark A. Cook <bigalligator@bellsouth.net>
To: iris-species <iris-species@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Dec 4, 2012 9:17 pm
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Iris persica
>I mean the record shows they were grown sucessfully in gardens in several areas of the upper South where tobacco was the antebellum crop, not cotton.
Tobacco... While I donât know how it ranks now, for years, Kentucky was the #2 Tobacco producing state. Would there be any possibility there could be surviving plants in Kentucky?
