Iris retic lack of success
Iris reticulatas are reported to suffer from inkspot fungus, which
comes with the bulbs when they are bought, so I decided to stop
buying commercial bulbs, which never came up a second year, and
instead bought both bulbs and seeds from Alan McMurtrie, who has been
breeding them for some years.
http://www.reticulatas.com/
I got a couple of buds last year but so slug-munched I couldn't see
what the flowers looked like.
I haven't noticed any flowers yet this year, so just went out to
check. Surely they should be flowering, since hyacinths and
daffodils are in bloom. There are no retic flowers, and most have
only one leaf, and not a very robust one at that. Somehow I am not
providing what they need. They certainly do well for Alan in Ontario.
I hope my seedlings will do better, as they should self-select for my
conditions.
--
Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil
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