I. minutoaurea
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: I. minutoaurea
- From: C* M* <c*@tiac.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 11:58:41 -0500 (EST)
Way back when, Bill Shear asked:
>
>Can anyone provide experience of I. minutoaurea? I have this from two
>sources (one in North Carolina and the other in California) but it has
>never bloomed, despite good foliage growth. Brian Matthew speaks of a
>rarely blooming, dwarf Acorus clone that was "making the rounds" labelled
>as Iris minutoaurea in Europe. Could it have come over here? The foliage
>of my two plants is not very iris-like, with a distinct midrib (like
>Acorus).
Barbara and David Schmieder (Concord, MA) have bloomed I. minutoaurea for
two years. When it blooms (May), Barbara "toots" the telephone, and we
hurry over to see it. David said he does not remember a prominent rib in
the foliage.
Kathy Marble
Harvard, MA
zone 5
