Re: all one colour iris beds

Pauline Hodges ***CAS Technical Information Center*** wrote:
> 
> >I am new to the iris.  Every couple of years a new plant grabs my intention
> >and this is the year for the iris.  I have been eyeing them for the past
> >couple of years, but never endulged.   I have much to learn about the iris.
> >I am a member of a few societies here in Raleigh, NC and enjoy the learning
> >experiences I get from them.  Also the cutting exchanges gives me a nice
> >variety of plants.
> 
> I am new to the Iris Group, but not to irises.  In fact, I've been treating mine
> rather cavalierly, and am surprised to find that people have problems with them.
> I inherited mine when we bought our house, and I have done all sorts of things
> with them--dug them up, and stuck them in a holding bed for several months,
> split them, moved them around, ignored them, and they are absolutely glorious.
> For me they are so easy to grow that they are just basics in my garden.  Of
> course, I probably only have the most hardy few species in the world!  But I've
> never seen rot; I've never seen one get sick or die; if I want more, I dig them
> up and it doesn't matter when. AND they make babies all over the place.  We'll
> find babies here and there that we never planted.  Weedlike.  Would that all
> weeds were so glorious.
> 
> My first goal, this year, now that I am becoming more aware of the wonderful
> variety of irises is to identify the ones I do have.
> 
> I may check in with you all when I know, which should be sometime in June when
> they are blooming (now that I've bragged a bit, they'll probably all rot on me!)
> and I can tell you what I have.
> 
> Pauline Hodges
> phodges@cas.org


Do I have a twin ??
I think you have exactly the same experience as I have with Irises.

Gunnar Andersson     Sthlm/sw
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