Iris tridentata

I'm pleased to report that after numerous failures I've finally been 
able to germinate Iris tridentata.  My trick was to plant the seeds 
in pots in the pond.  The pots were situated so that the seeds were 
about half an inch above water, with a layer of gravel on top to help 
suppress weeds.  I used regular seed starter mix from Home Depot as 
my "soil".

They were planted last year (spring & summer).  A couple days ago I 
finally noticed a flush of seedlings have germinated in several of 
the pots.  Each pot contains tridentata seeds from different sources. 
So I am very, very happy about this!  In the past I could not keep 
Iris tridentata alive for more than 2 years, but I've never tried 
them in my pond.  Maybe that will be the key to success?

Dennis in Cincinnati


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