Re: I. japonica
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- Subject: Re: I. japonica
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:03:16 -0700 (MST)
Elena Laborde writes (12 Mar 97):
> I just found in a local nursery a beautiful plant of I. japonica, with
no
> other identification. It's in a one gallon can and has 16 fans at
different
> stages of growth and one stem with 18 buds (all for $5.99).
> I have read about I. japonica in Kohlein's Iris and The Genus Iris and
AIS's
> The World of Irises, but if anybody has any practical suggestions on its
> culture, could you please share them? Mainly there are discrepancies
about
> needing shade or sun.
Waddick in "Iris of China" says "Light shade or full sun in climates
without intense sun", so that could explain the discrepancies.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
cwalters@cache.net
"This is the Place" - Sun getting more intense here, snow getting less
intense.
