Re: Iris versicolor in Florida

william b. cook wrote:
> 
> Bill,
> > I checked the native iris page and it does not show versicolor south of
> > Virginia. The supposed Florida record would be worth checking out as a
> very
> > considerable range extension.
> >
> > I. virginica, however, does occur in Florida.  Maybe there's some
> confusion.
> 
>      I checked another source.  It appears that someone confused Iris
> versicolor and Iris virginica.  I see how that could be easy to do.  I am
> trying to grow Iris virginica DOTTIE'S DOUBLE.  The original plant came
> from Arkansas.  I will keep you all posted on how it does (or dies) here.
> 
> Mark A. Cook
> billc@atlantic.net
> Dunnellon, FL.

If this is of some use, I recall that Kevin Vaughn and also his lab tech
were growing both I. virg and I. vers in there gardens in the steamy
missippi river delta. The versis survived but did not do incredibly well
(lack of winter dormancy, perhaps) while the virgicas were right at
home. I. Virg 'rebel gray' (I don't know if it is registered or not and
it doesn't grow worth beans in Mass. at my house) was one that he had
and it seemed to do well.  Can you grow I. Pseudacorus?  That might be
possible as well as I foetidissima.

Marty Schafer and Jan Sacks (Joe Pyeweeds Garden) have a large selection
of versicolor if you were interested in trying to grow them.
Andrew Wheeler
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