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Re: Iris tridentata

 

not to me it doesn't.  i've read things online that the flowers are supposed to be pungent, but i've never witnessed that and i've grown about 15 different varieties (including the different colored seeded forms).   other sources say that you have to crush the leaves to get the bad smell, but i've never done that either.  (why would i hurt my irises?!)  ;-)

Dennis in Cincinnati


On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:20 PM, 'Mark A. Cook' h*@gmail.com [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


Dennis,

      Thinking of Iris foetidissima, I may have asked before, but does it have a foul smell?

Mark A. Cook  


On 6/16/2016 11:48 AM, Dennis Kramb d*@badbear.com [iris-species] wrote:
The pace of Iris blooming really slows down in my garden in mid-June.  Yesterday I had only 1 flower and it was on Iris tetra-versata.  Today that's gone, but a new bloom appeared on I. tridentata (the first of the season) and that species should should carry me through until July.  I wonder how many other Iris growers have non-stop iris blooms from March to July.   :-)

My patch of tridentata is large and should produce dozens of flowers on which I plan to try pollen from prismatica, PCNs, foetidissima, versicolor, and Siberians.  I tried the same crosses last year and got no results, but it never hurts to try again.

Smugly,
Dennis in Cincinnati


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Mark A. Cook
USDA Zone 8b
Dunnellon, Florida USA



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