Re: SPEC: native iris seeds
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>> Well I didn't find any iris seeds to collect, but I had a lot of fun
>> anyway! We hiked for about 4 or 5 miles through Shawnee State Forest in
>> south central Ohio. Saw lots of great wild flowers, but no irises.
>>
>Dennis, Irises at this time of year would be nearly invisible since they
>would be showing green seedpods or maybe brown ones only not the so
>visible flowers so you'd have to know where the plants should be before
>you could see them. The other plants would have stalks and leaves either
>taller or bigger than the irises which would make the irises more
>invisible. I find it helps if you know where the irises are situated
>when you are looking for seedpods.
Now you tell me. LOL! :)
Well the primary reason was to out on a nature hike. But I took supplies
with me just in case I stumbled across anything interesting. I was in a
State Park anyway so it's probably all for the best that I didn't find any
seeds to bring home.
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, SIGNA, SLI, & Miami Valley Iris Society
primary interests: ABs, REBs, LAs, Native SPEC and SPEC-X hybrids
(my gardening URL: http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html)
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