Re: most popular irids

---

It depends some on the species. My understanding is that
there are populations of M. polystachya in both summer-dry
and winter-dry climates. Mine grows during our winter
rains and blooms in early spring; I don't water it in the
summer. I've seen the species in a local public garden
blooming in the summer. I just had M. tripetala bloom. M.
lewisiae will probably bloom in a month. I think most
areas of South Africa where the species originate are wet
in the winter and dry in the summer.

Ken

On Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:00:12 -0400
"Mark Cook hemerocallis1962@gmail.com [iris-species]"
<iris-species@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> Ken,
> Does Morea need dry or wet summers?
>
> Mark A. Cook
> Dunnellon, Florida USA
> AHS Region 12 USDA Zone 8b
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 9:26 PM, kenww@astound.net
>[iris-species] <
> iris-species@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>> Around here Morea seems very much a specialty plant.
>>I've
>> only seen it a few times (some in my garden :-) . On the
>> other hand, Dietes is far more common than Iris.
>>
>> Ken Walker
>> Concord, CA USA
>>
>>