RE: I kerneriana

 

Sean,

This spot gets sun for about three hours a day, shade the rest. It’s also a spot that has pretty moist soil.   I can say for sure that it doesn’t want full sun; I still have a piece there that is only about half the height it should be.  I’ll move it in August.

Ken

 

From: iris-species@yahoogroups.com [mailto:iris-species@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sean Zera
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 11:25 AM
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-species] I kerneriana

 

 

That is a really neat-looking little iris! What conditions did it turn out to like? Looks like part shade from the plants around it.

 

 

Sean Z

 

 

 

On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Ken R. Walkup <k*@cornell.edu> wrote:

 

Hi folks,

Here are two photos of I. kerneriana, a short spuria probably pretty close to graminea.  I got two pieces from Seneca Hill Perennials, Ellen Hornig’s now-closed nursery, about four years ago.  It took me a while to find a spot it liked, but this spring it finally bloomed for me.  I was home for only 36 hours between a conference on Cape Cod my wife attended, and leaving for the Siberian & Species convention in Lansing, and there it was.   The clump shot shows a little context; it’s about 12-14” tall, with the blossoms blooming just out of the foliage.  Two buds per bloom stalk, unfortunately no pods were set.  Ants like the open blossoms.

Ken

 

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