RE: [iris-species] Iris × flavescens

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Very nice, especially with the natural prairie look! I can't find a
photo of it, but my original clump of pallida (collected from the
roadside) is at least a five-foot circle of solid rhizomes, and in a
good year produced ~60 stalks. A large, sparse clump of 'Sambucina' I
found along a trail in northern Michigan showed no sign of having
flowered in years (certainly not since I first came across it), so it
was a nice surprise when the piece I collected finally flowered.

Does anyone have any other stories about collecting heirlooms from
long-abandoned gardens?

Sean Z
SE Michigan

Quoting dkramb <d*@badbear.com>:

> 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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