SPEC: Iris confusa.
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- Subject: SPEC: Iris confusa.
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- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:15:43 -0400
From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
Linda,
Here is what the book THE WORLD OF IRISES has to say about Iris
confusa.
"I. wattii and its near counterpart I. confusa, are among the most
spectacular of the tender cane-bearing members of the subsecton Evansia.
The total height of the flowering stalk, including the cane (or stem) has
been reported variously from 0.5-2.5 m (2-8 feet) according to environment
influences of climate and culture. Southern California, Australia, and New
Zealand are most favorable for maximum growth. In less favorable
locations, lacking year-round growing conditions, the canes bearing the
leafy fans from which the flower stalk emerges may be very short or
nonexistant. Although considered tender and recommended for the cool
greenhouse in climates with late frosts, both these Irises have been grown
outside in England and America in gardens protected on the north by walls
or hillside terraces." THE WORLD OF IRISES, bottom paragraph, page 270.
I would think that this species would need full sun in mild summer
climates, and filtered sun in hot summer climates.
Now, I wonder if Iris confusa would survive in Florida???
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida.
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