A late reply to this. I also had a couple of I. lactea blooms last
month. This weekend I dug out half of an old clump and almost every fan
had a blossom still down in it with color visible through the foliage.
I guess that means no bloom next spring.
Rodney in North Central Texas
--- In iris-species@yahoogroups.com,
Jim Murrain <jmurrain@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all, we are expecting our first frost of the season tonight.
> Today was spent frantically moving tender plants into either the
> greenhouse or the basement.
> I took a break and looked around the garden. I found three clumps
of
> I. lactea flowering, the tallest stem was shorter then the flower.
> They would have been easy to miss. These big old clumps have
thrown a
> few flowers every fall for the last five years. Sometimes they
even
> set seed but rarely ripen it before winter arrives.
> Another surprise was I. henryi, there was a bloom a week ago and
> another one today. It would have been easy to miss but it is in a
bed
> that actually gets weeded regularly.
> Tho not an iris they are in the family, crocus have done well this
> fall. C. banaticus, the iris flowered crocus was splendid. I wish
I
> could get the white form established as the typical self sows
happily
> here. Along with many other common fall crocus, saffron began
blooming
> a couple days ago. It's been too wet to harvest any yet but I have
> hope for drier weather soon.
>
> Jim
>
>
> Jim Murrain
> 8871 NW Brostrom Rd
> Kansas City, MO 64152-2711
> USA
> Zone 5b
>
