Re: most popular irids

 

I should have mentioned Ellen Hornig - she's why I knew they were hardy. The 2007 SH catalog mentions DieramaÂigneum (ID uncertain), pauciflorum, and trichorhizum as being established in her garden, and she offered many more, mostly untested for hardiness. I have a large clump of Tritonia drakensbergensis from her that just survived another -20ÂF winter (with snow cover but otherwise unprotected in the open). It seems that virtually any high-altitude, summer-rainfall South African genera are worth trying in the northeastern US.

Sean Z
Zone 6a
SE Michigan

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Ken Walkup k*@cornell.edu [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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Sean,

A few years back, Ellen Hornig who used to run Seneca Hill Perennials, an excellent nursery, was offering a few of these, which I believe she got from Panayoti Kelaidis. Her place was on the shore of Lake Ontario, with a bit milder climate than most of upstate NY (and reliably massive snow cover). I think she was able to do pretty well with one of them, unfortunately I canât recall the species, and had at least partial success with a few others.Â

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No, no one did. I haven't grown Dierama myself, but they seem unjustifiably unknown. I get the impression that they've become popular in Britain though. As summer-rainfall plants, they should do well in most of the eastern US, with hardiness varying between species.

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Sean Z

Zone 6a

SE Michigan

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On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 12:20 PM, 'Susan Schouten' s*@canby.com [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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Did anyone mention Dierama spp?

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Susan Schouten

Canby, ORÂ 97013

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