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Re: Spuria?

 

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Please excuse the weeds in the background.  That's the bank sloping down to the Seine River, about 20 ft away.  My husband has been unable to mow it due too all the rain we've had over the last few weeks.  The plan is to eventually mulch some of the area to demark the start of the garden, but that's way down the to-do list.
 
I did find signs of some creature barrelling through there, probably either a raccoon or some other animal of that size.  Hopefully the piece of bone I found was from one of the farms around here.  ugh
 
Here's a picture of the entire plant.  The foliage is about 33" in height when I hold up one of the bending stems.  A leaf is almost 3/4" across at it's widest point.  There's 3 flower stalks, although they're bent over, alas; the straightest one is 21" tall, including the flower.  The flower is 3 1/2" across the top, and 3" high.
 
El
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 5:42 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Spuria?

I was thinking the same thing.  I haven't seen anything quite like it either.

El, could you post picture of plant?

What is it's height?

 What is it's bloom time compared to your other spuria?

Do put this down on your trade list with me.

Chuck Chapman



-----Original Message-----
From: JamieV. <jamievande@freenet.de>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Jun 14, 2010 3:46 am
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Spuria?

 
El,

it looks like a species, but I've not seen one quite like it.  Very delicate and elegant.  Do set some seed, as this would look great in my garden!  :-P      Maybe someone with more knowledge of the spurias can chime in.  A name would be nice.

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Jamie V.





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KÃln (Cologne)


Germany


Zone 8


El Hutchison schrieb:
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This beauty was bloomng when I got home today.  It was given to me by a friend who says it's the first iris she saw as a child, growing around her Mother's and aunt's country places for well over 50 yrs.  That's about 60 or so miles west of here.
 
Does it look like a species spuria?
 
El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Z3
 
 
 

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