SPEC- Louisianans

I have always understood that Louisianan irises would not grow this far
north although, of course, brevicaulis occurs in the wild in the warmer
parts of the very south of Ontario.  It was therefore a great surprise
to me to discover a very beautiful but unknown iris flowering in the
shade when I was showing a visitor around the garden.  Examining the
label showed that this plant came from our Rock Garden Society plant
sale under the name missouriensis and was planted last year.  Clearly,
it is not that species and when I searched through my iris books I
determined that it is a Louisianan.  It appears to be close to "Faenelia
Hicks" in petal size and shape although the colour is like "Full
Eclipse" using the photos in Caillet and Mertzweiller.

I understood that the only "cold" weather iris was a variety called
"Blackcock" that would grow as far north as Mass.  I now seem to have
discovered a variety that occurs much further north or a speciment of  
Blackcock, as I have never seen that variety.

I will investigate the origin of this specimen further.

Ian - in Ottawa, where the weather remains perfect and we still have TB
versicolor, and Siberians flowering and I am expecting about 100
Japanese grown from seem to flower during the next two weeks!

PS  I should not that the AB I mentioned in an earlier e-mail appears to
have set seeds.
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