Re: Iris Chrysographes
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Iris Chrysographes
- From: i*@easynet.co.uk (Ian Black)
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 23:08:12 +0100
Kay Cangemi wrote:
>I was at a nursery closing sale yesterday and bought this iris, Iris
>Chrysographes. The catalog described it at reddish-purple with yellow
>veining, native to Korea. Sounds neat, and unlike anything else I have in
>color. I planted it next to the Siberians, which is resembles closely at
>this point in time, both being inch tall green spikes. Does anybody know
>anything more about this plant? I assume it's hardy and does acceptably in
>decent garden soil.
Congratulations - you should have a very pretty little iris there! It grows
to about 1 ft. 6 ins. and clumps up nicely. There are a number of colour
forms, and there is a particularly good, very-near-black, in particular. I
think I'm right in saying that chrysographes means "gold writing" or
something close, and a characteristic of most forms is the yellow pencilling
on th falls. It's hardy here, and I grew it in Scotland (mintemp -13C) no
problem. However, it likes moist soil, and fades away (for me at least) if
you try to grow it in a hot and dry location. Not sure about Korea - China
would be more likely.
>BTW, any guesses on pronunciation?
I wouldn't dare. ;-)
Ian
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