Re: New to Iris-Talk
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- Subject: Re: New to Iris-Talk
- From: R* B*
- Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 07:43:26 -0600
Bill Shear said:
> I think you meant to include I. wattii in this group, not milesii, which is
> quite hardy, and related to tectorum, not japonica and confusa. There is
> evidently an unnamed species in this group informally called I. "nova",
> seed of which was distributed by SIGNA last year, and of which I should
> have blooming plants this spring. It appears to be a "cane-type" plant,
> like I. wattii. Checking the BIS species guide, it seems there are plans
> to call the new species Iris wittii. Wittii, wattii, it's all pretty
> confusa.
Bill,
You are quite correct! I am a little confusa'd! Pls, be sure to share a
photo of "nova" with us!
R
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Rodney Barton
rbarton@hsc.unt.edu
North Central Texas USA
AIS, SIGNA, SLI and SPCNI
USDA Zone 7/8
AHS heat zone 8
Annual rainfall 32 in.
Mean annual temp 65 deg.
Mean length of frost free period 230 days
North American Native Iris web site:
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
odney
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