Re: I. missouriensis
- Subject: Re: I. missouriensis
- From: t*@Lanl.GOV (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 96 13:23:22 MST
Louise writes (about the Rocky Mountain Iris, I. missouriensis):
|I have had limited luck germinating the seed. It takes at least a full
|year's worth of warm and cold cycles and when I tried to beat the system,
|results were zero.
I got seeds from a local nursery that specializes in native plants. I
simply planted them in the ground in the fall, and must have gotten 75%-100%
germination. They _may_ have been pre-treated with a chilling cycle, but
I rather doubt it.
They are happier being left to grow where you want them, undisturbed.
So I think the best bet is just to put the seeds in the ground where
you want them to grow, and wait (even if it means waiting a year or two).
My germination success may be in part due to my living in the exact place
where they grow wild. There are stands of wild ones all around Los Alamos.
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