Re: Iris milesii at Kew Gardens [1 Attachment]

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Agreed, tectorum is very self-fertile. I'm successfully *growing* milesii (it survived the "polar vortex" to -20°F/-30°C with good snow cover), but it seems unusually sensitive to frost. The new spring growth is always killed so I never get flowers.

Sean Z

Zone 6a

SE Michigan

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Jamie j*@freenet.de [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Dave,

I. tectorum is very self-fertile in my garde.  I have no related iris and it always has pods, which come true.  Wish I could get I. milesii to grow for me.

Jamie

Cologne

Am 20.07.2016 um 18:29 schrieb David Ferguson m*@msn.com [iris-species]:

Agreed - gorgeous.
 
I wonder if they'll save the seeds in those fruits?  I have some strong plants of the more "normal" version of I. milesii, but they haven't flowered yet (I got them from Britain this spring).
 
Here is an only vaguely related question (they are both crested species).  I also have an Iris tectorum with a "bee pod".  Does anyone know if I. tectorum is self-fertile, or do I have potential tectorum X bearded seed coming on (the only other things nearby in flower were a number of old 44 chromosome bearded cultivars - some of those set fruit as well).
 
Dave Ferguson
New Mexico
 

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To: i*@yahoogroups.com
From: i*@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:19:48 -0400
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Iris milesii at Kew Gardens

 

Both gorgeous!!

 

El

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From: "Kenneth Walker k*@astound.net [iris-species]" i*@yahoogroups.com
To: "iris-species" i*@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 7:58:45 PM
Subject: [iris-species] Iris milesii at Kew Gardens [2 Attachments]

 

I've started going through the photos I took at Kew Gardens on my stop over in London before Kazakhstan. I'm attaching a picture of Iris milesii that has a lot more white than seems usual for this iris. Also, the lavender looks a bit more pinkish than I've seen before. I'm also attaching a photo of what, to me, is a more typical Iris milesii; this one is also at Kew.

Ken Walker
Concord, CA USA