Jim,
I would have ordered dichotoma if it had been offered. I think of
it as so old fashioned it's time is coming around again. I have a few
seedlings of it but haven't bloomed it yet. The idea of a late summer
iris fix is very attractive.
I have very limited experience with the Probst stuff. They have
been promoted as being as easy to grow as tall beardeds, but the two
that I have had have not done very well for me. Perhaps because I don't
do much with bearded irises in general. I have heavy clay here, and at
home in masssachusetts they get sandy soil. Maybe that's the problem.
I do know that out of the first batch of these that were offered, all
stock of the two warm colored ones was lost.
Belemcanda/I. domestica is the biggest iris borer magnet I have ever
grown, maybe the others are too.
Ken
Jim Murrain wrote:
>
> Hey guys and gals, is everyone tired of winter yet?
> (Northern hemisphere only)
>
>
> As some of you probably know, Jim Waddick and I
> volunteered to handle the SIGNA Seed Exchange, man,
> what were we smoking?!
>
> I noticed that there were no Vesper Iris (I. dichotoma),
> Blackberry Lily (I. domestica), or Candy Lily/Pardancanda
> (I. x Norrisii) seeds donated to the exchange this year. We
> were wondering if these have fallen out of favor with gard! eners
> or maybe the people that grow them just think they are too
> common to bother with. Maybe with all the name changes no
> one knew what the heck to call them!
>
> Blackberry Lily has naturalized all over this part of the
> country. It's easy to spot in flower, less so when the seeds
> ripen. The Vesper Iris is slowly spreading on my farm, I just
> never seem to be there at the right time to collect seed. I
> really need to try Candy Lilies again.
>
> Does anyone here grow the newe! r hybrids of Pardancanda
> by Darrell Probst that Joe Pye Weed (jpwflowers.com) sells?
> They look pretty neat and the bud count is phenomenal. Do
> they make fertile seed? Has anyone grown seedlings on from
> these plants? And why don't these seeds make it to the exchange?
> Seems like they should be plentiful.
>
> Hope you can collect seed to donate to SIGNA next fall.
>
> Jim
>
>
> Jim Murrain
> 8871 NW Brostrom Rd
> Kansas City, Missouri 64152-2711
> USA
> Zone 6
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