Re: species blooming in Colorado today

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That's an excellent method for finding out what will grow. I have done some of that myself. Some places are too shady. Some places are too dry. Some places are too wet. Only the plant knows and the multiple plant method is the only way to find out what works for sure in one's own yard.Â
Betty

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I agree with Betty, you have a magnificent collection Lowell! I bought about 15 plants of Iris missouriensis last year and a few of them survived, so I'm hoping that finally -- after years of trying -- I'll get one to bloom in my garden. Your missouriensis clone looks lovely! I hope mine will be like that.

I find it so annoying that success is elusive for me in growing native US species (missouriensis, cristata, verna) yet I can grow things from TOTALLY foreign climates with ease (hoogiana, stolonifera). So I finally decided to try the brute force method with missouriensis.... buy a bunch of them from a bunch of different nurseries from a bunch of different states & plant them in a bunch of different places all over my yard. Something, somewhere, might maybe be happy enough to bloom.

Dennis in Cincinnati