Interesting wide crosses.
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> On May 30, 2020, at 8:36 PM, dkramb dkramb@badbear.com [iris-species] <iris-species@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I love love LOVE this species. I was growing it for almost 20 years in
> shady spots near my house. Then somebody smarter than me said, wow!
> those shouldn't be so hardy in your zone. And then they all died that
> winter. :-P:'(
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> I had been donating seeds to SIGNA throughout those years, and I
> fortunately had some on hand to try to replant in my garden. Only 1
> survived. So I'm currently nursing it along, hoping to re-establish my
> lovely clumps of it.
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> I had been trying to cross it with Spuria irises 10 yrs ago, or so, but
> none of the crosses ever succeed in giving me fertile seeds. I also
> tried crossing it with Iris versicolor after someone in Italy succeeded
> in doing so about 3 years ago.
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> Dennis in Cincinnati
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