Re: CULT: dwarf Spuria (was CULT: info sought)
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- Subject: Re: CULT: dwarf Spuria (was CULT: info sought)
- From: M* H* <M*@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 18:43:49 -0600 (MDT)
Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
>
> Marte,
>
> I suspect that the correct name of your "Seashore Iris" is I. spuria
> musulmanica and that a couple of letters got dropped off (or were
> illegible) on the labels you read.
Jeff, I've been known to be wrong (!) so I went & got a label -- one is
in the ground next to the plants & one I kept indoors so it's not
weathered & is quite legible. Typed neatly on the plastic label is "IRIS
spuria usulmania/SEASHORE IRIS". Doesn't mean the label-maker didn't
goof, of course.
Thing is, whether it's "usulmania" or "musulmanica", I still don't know
what these iris need to grow well & flower. Can you suggest a reference
source for me? I can't find anything specifically in WOI, THE IRIS BOOK
or anything else I have here, tho there's general info on SPUs.
Do you grow any SPUs in Utah?
Marte in the mtns Zone 4/Sunset 1 Colorado
