RE: Vic- Iris nelsonii "Magenta Rose"

 

Hi, Vic.   Did you attach the wrong picture?   That iris looks a bit like ‘Edith Dupre’ which probably is a fulva hybrid of yellow fulva on red.  It’s and old one, from 1943 and probably something that Ken Durio sold.

 

Patrick

 

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Subject: [iris-species] Vic- Iris nelsonii "Magenta Rose"

 

 

 

The iris in the attached photo taken on 11/7/15 in my garden was obtained from the late Ken Durio (Louisiana Nursery) in 1999, labeled as Iris nelsonii ‘Magenta Rose’.  When kept well-watered during the summer it will repeat bloom in the fall.  It probably is a Louisiana Iris hybrid, but I am somewhat skeptical that it should be considered to be I. nelsonii.   Its leaves are shorter and wider than the typical I. nelsonii plants I am familiar with.  And the bloom stalk has the typical zigzag I. brevicaulis pattern. 

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Vic

 

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