Re: SPEC- Louisianans
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- Subject: Re: SPEC- Louisianans
- From: D* L* <g*@rogerswave.ca>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 08:53:07 -0600 (MDT)
On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Ian E. Efford wrote:
> 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.
Ian, There was a discussion about cold hardy LA's last year (on
Sept 19 under Ginny Prinz). Later in the fall I got 2 Dorothea K
Williamson's which are supposed to be very aggressive and hardy. At
least one of them is going to bloom this summer along with the
JI's. I got Black Gamecock this spring so I won't know until next
summer how it does here.
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca> <- private email address
Zone 4 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
