Re: Found? Irises
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- Subject: Re: Found? Irises
- From: M* H* <M*@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 17:54:57 -0600 (MDT)
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 in caring for them sometimes.
Marte in the mtns
