Thanks El.
That should help id plant. rules out a lot of commoner species .
Chuck Chapman
-----Original Message-----
From: El Hutchison <eleanore@mts.
net>
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Jun 14, 2010 11:32 am
Subject: Re: [iris-species] 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.
--
Jamie V.
_______________________
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
