Re: little spring iris
- Subject: Re: little spring iris
- From: t*@Lanl.GOV (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 96 09:07:34 MST
Gunnar writes:
|We can also grow flowers from New Zeeland and I think The Rocky mountain
|flovers
|are good for us. Are there any wild Iris in Rocky mountains?
Yes! There is one species of iris native to the North American Rocky Mountains:
Iris missouriensis. It grows from Canada to Mexico. It is a beardless species,
2 to 3 feet tall, with delicate blooms of lavender, blue, violet, or white,
often with contrasting veining. It is not a show stopper, but it is still a
delightful plant, both in the mountain meadows where it blooms in great
drifts, and in the garden, where it is quite carefree (at least in the western
US).
Happy irising, Tom.
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