RE: [iris-species] Iris × flavescens

 

Well done, Dennis!  I have it growing in my garden, from HIPS a few years back.  My I virginica isn't blooming yet, but at least it's survived another year, so I'm happy.
 
The MDB's have barely started blooming here, plus a few SDB's, all about 3 wks early.  Had fewer losses than usual too, probably due to the mild winter, as we really didn't get too much protective snow cover til winter was almost over.  Almost everything is up and accounted for, except 1 of my new pseudacorus, but the old foliage is still solidly attached, so it must still be ok.
 
I'm gonna start calling parts of my garden a prairie, so I won't feel so bad about those pesky weeds interrupting my pleasure in my garden.  yup
 
El, Ste Anne, Manitoba, Canada
 
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
From: dkramb@badbear.com
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 19:03:39 -0400
Subject: [iris-species] Iris × flavescens

 
My PBS friends may have noticed my post earlier today about Iris ×
flavescens blooming like never before in my garden. Well I was
mistaken. I said there must be 50 blooms. When I counted tonight I
lost track at 75. But it's about 90 blooms total. Here's a few pics.
(A pity PBS forum doesn't allow attachments.)

They're growing in one of my prairies, thus all the grass and other
"weeds". I can't believe how happy they are in there. The prairie is
too big to get all of them in one photo... so here are two of the clumps
(out of 5 total).

I "wild collected" these alongside a country road where a farm house
must have once stood. For years I'd see them bloom in early May... "in
the middle of nowhere" so one summer day I finally stopped and dug a few
up. That was about 8 years ago. They've been delightful ever since!

Dennis in Cincinnati


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