Re: Ottawa blooming irises :)

Ellen wrote:
 
Ottawa, where a number of irises are finally blooming each day!
 
Ian, for those of us who are still waiting, tell us what they    
are....please.


Well, this last week has resulted in my moving from one iris flowering -
pumila, to quite a few.  Here they are:-

DB	Orange Caper, Knickknack, Ritz

MB	Honey Melon, a brown-red that does well but remains unnamedm Little
Bucaneer, Circlette

Species	

already bloomed and over for this year

danfordiae, reticulata, and magnifica (a startling beautiful addition to
my collection), [bucharica should have flowered by not but is is quite
sick]	

flowering now

pumila, pallida, lutescens, reichenbachii, aphylla, aphylla x pumila 

and the following apparently from Bruce Richardson

cengialtii, aphylla (which is grey in colour!) 

the following is ready to flower

croatica, viridens (both from Bruce and mis-named), ad subbiflora

When I suggest some of the species are mis-named, I mean that they are
not just named with synonyms of the correct name but they are a
different species.

Two are most interesting.  The grey aphylla mentioned above, which is
all of 3 inches high including the flower (the stem is about half an
inch) and the cengialtii, which is identified as coming from Kew.  This
specimen has a brownish flower that appears to be a varient of
variegata.  I may not be able to identify all the specimens from Bruce
Ricahrdson this year.

Hope this will encourage our friends in New Hampshire and some areas of
upper state New York, who seem to have a season that is even behind the
Canadians!

Ian

PS  I assume that you all watched the race and saw Bailey win!
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