Re: CULT:Spurias for the south
>Hi Bill,
>I have a question. My mother has a tall beardless iris that is white and
>yellow. It is as tough as nails, must have full sun, and can be 4 to 4 1/2
>feet tall when happy. It blooms well after TB's.
My guess would be I. ochroleuca, or a hybrid derived from it, a spuria with
white standards and yellow falls rimmed white. Lots of folks think that
spurias are overgrown Dutch iris because of the similarity in flower form.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<wshear@email.hsc.edu>
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