Ian Black intro
- Subject: Ian Black intro
- From: D*@prodigy.com (MR ROBERT R PRIES)
- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 96 21:56:05 MST
To Ian Black;
Welcome to the Iris list; Im a list newbee also. I was delighted
to hear you are also interested in Iris in the rock garden. That is
a strong interest of mine also. I have had a rather large collection
of Dwarf bearded iris which a couple of years ago suffered a number
of setbacks and I am now trying to redo. I have had a deep interest
in all dwarf species from arils to junos to beardless.
I am curious as to whether you have the real species Iris attica. I
am not sure it would be hardy in my zone 6 even if I could locate it.
I have gotten seed many times of Iris species such attica from the
AGS and NARGS seed exchanges. Sadly they always turn out to be Iris
sanguinea. A Polish botanical garden offered seed of ruthenica which
again turned out to be Iris sanguinea. My friend Jim Waddick
recieved seed marked Iris uniflora from China and it too turned out
to be Iris sanguinea. Jim tells me he has written to several
plantsman whom he sent the seed and have been listing it in their
catalogs as uniflora but they continue listing it even though as for
as we know their is no uniflora in the USA. I am still looking for a
number of species but I am beginning to lack confidence in seed.
Every species has variations within it of color form etc. I am very
interested in acquiring different variations and I am willing to
trade. I have been compiling a checklist of species variations that
has taken most of my free time the last four years. I am still
interested in discovering what variations I have missed. I would
love to hear more about the plants you grow...............Bob Pries,
St. Louis MO, USA.
