Re: African irises?
- Subject: Re: African irises?
- From: g* d* <d*@facstaff.wm.edu>
- Date: Sun, 3 Mar 96 18:36:17 MST
On Sun, 3 Mar 1996 sluizer@cs.unm.edu wrote:
> during the summer, but in the Sarasota (FLA) area during the winter. In
> an article in the local Sarasota paper about good perennials, the author
> suggested the use of African irises. So she called me to find out about
> these, because the article didn't give any further information. Well, I
> was stumped. I looked in the Mathew book and in the World of Irises book,
> but I could find no mention of African irises. She's going to ask at the
> local botanical garden, but I figured that I'd also ask this email group.
>
> So, does anyone know anything about these irises? They must obviously
> tolerate zone 10 heat and humidity.
Could these be Babiana? I just saw a large planting of these tender
bulbs of African origin at Longwood Gardens and in reading a bit about them
found they are members of the Iris family. Judy Glattstein has a short
section on them in her "American Gardener's World of Bulbs," published in
1994.
Debbie Green
dxgree@facstaff.wm.edu
Williamsburg, VA (Zone 7/8)
