Re: Spuria?

 

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Morning Jim and all.
 
I don't cut back anything in fall here.  The foliage helps insulate the plants and hold any snowfall we get.  The winter winds can be quite fierce here too, especially out in the country, without the buffer of surrounding houses. 
 
I have a mini woods on the west side, and lots of trees on the north and south, but not too many on the east side.  Last year, we had a hard freeze before we got snow, and even though we had an especially long fall, that was still hard on all the plants.
 
My I lactea bloomed early this year and finished fast during a one week heat wave in May.  I took 2 of my I versicolor seedlings to the iris show on Sunday, and both won firsts.  :)
 
Who wouldn't want a saxifraga paniculata and lewisii cotyledon?  I have several nice clumps about the place.  My friend was quite happy.
 
El
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Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Spuria?

Well, El, when I cut them back in the fall I always try to cut above the green that I can see - really.
You are a wise one regarding the encouragement.  Hope you are successful.  Maybe someone will respond to the same name question as it would be good to  know. 
I have two spurias blooming now. Iris lactea and a pale yellow which I will post tomorrow.
Jim

From: e*@mts.net
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Spuria?

 

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Jim, I'm sure you're pulling my leg.  ;)
 
I truly never see any spuria with any green until the first spear of green shows up and I mark it in my garden journal, then go enter it in my iris db after I've done my entire garden checklist for the day.  Usually I do that while I'm weeding, but weeding wasn't possible at the same time this year, because of the horrid weather.  I have a path that goes past most of my spurias though, so I checked them out early, like the beginning of April this year.  A few haven't shown up yet, darn.
 
I got side-tracked yet again today from checking the foliage on my other spurias, including ochrelarea and orientalis.  BTW, I've read that these 2 are the same.  Is that true?  They haven't bloomed here yet.
 
The friend who gave me the species spuria was over today, so I gave her a few plants she'd been secretly coveting, to further ensure she'd get her husband to dig a huge clump tomorrow.  Hopefully, it won't be too muddy, as they had some flooding there a few wks ago.
 
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