I have a couple plants of I. kerneriana
from seeds I obtained from J&J Archibald in 2005. I'm still
trying to get them to bloom. Many spurias want very large
containers if they're not grown in the ground. This spuria is
relatively small, so I've assumed that 7.5 gal is large enough. Of
course, I may not be keeping them damp enough in the summer.
Thanks for sharing the photos.
Ken Walker
Concord, CA USA, Zone 9
On 6/25/2013 10:51 AM, Ken R. Walkup wrote:
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
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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.
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
