Re: Found? Irises

Walter A. Moores wrote:
> 
>     In MS the road graders have distributed February Gold far from the
> original farmstead, and there are carpets of these daffs for miles and
> miles.  Really beautiful in bloom.  There is a white bulb some call
> Bethlehem Star that has almost equal distribution as FG, but BS blooms
> later and then we have a second show along the highways.  The old     
> orange double daylilies have been spread around like this too.

Walter, the original mule track & later wagon road thru the narrow 
canyon was a "shelf" road that basically followed the path of the creek. 
The modern 2-lane paved road has been straightened some & raised above 
the creek where flooding was problematical & 4 or 5 bridges have been 
built over the years (have never counted same.) The roadbed straight up 
from where I found the Mystery Iris is one of those spots where such 
realignment has been done, most recently about 30 years back if I recall 
correctly. Lots of fill rock & dirt were brought in by county crews to 
do this & such "alien" fill might very well have included the original 
rhizomes. What I find wonderous, if this is the source, is that the 
rhizomes ended up close enough to the surface soil to grow & thrive! 
Iris are a very persistant life form, which is fortunate for those 
gardeners (moi) who aren't so persistant & caring for them sometimes.

Marte in the mtns
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