Walter,
How cold are you letting it get in that greenhouse?
Mark A. Cook
On 2/24/2016 4:09 PM, Walter Pickett
w*@yahoo.com [iris-species] wrote:
I am
interested in getting some seed of tropical iris relatives as
houseplants. I also have a 200 square foot greenhouse that is
kept cool (cold) for citrus. I can't raise lemons or limes,
but the citrus that can take a mild freeze, like mandarins, do
well there without expensive heat. I think I. ungulantarus
(sorry about the spelling) might bloom there during the
winter, and the PCNs might survive there over the winter. Do
you think they might? Most of what I know about species iris
and irids is that eupogons and arils do fine here with no
attention. Well, weeding helps. Old TBs are found in old cow
pastures where they were planted by settlers whose houses are
long gone. So they really do do OK with no attention.
I also grew
"Candy Lilies" from seeds from PARKS about 30 years ago
without much care, so they might be on my list this year.
And 2 of my
aunts grew spurias, probably "White Heron" and "Chrysler
Imperial" if I remember right. They took over my aunts yards
over a period of about 50 years. Not weedy, just good grower
in this climate. I had starts from them for many years but
lost them when moving.
And
sisyrhincium "Blue Eyed Grass" is native here in slighty
wetter parts of native prairie.
Last year I
didn't buy any seeds. By the end of the sale I was tired of
seeds, But the public library just got in a new book
Beardless Iris, and I am thinking of growing some. Advice is
welcome.
Walter Pickett
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Mark A. Cook
USDA Zone 8b
Dunnellon, Florida USA
