CULT: Iris confusion

From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>

Someone wrote:
>>Otherwise, I think that the nursery was very "I. Confusa"ed  about 
what they had.
Suffering heavily from irophilia last year (and very inexperienced), I 
purchased I. millesii ('died'), I. forrestiana (died - lack of water?), 
a pot labelled perrenial iris, with a picture of something looking like 
I. tectorum ('died'), and a pot labelled dwarf iris, with a description 
of I. unguicularis, which produced a small, but pretty, very obviously 
PCN flower. The latter two with coloured labels are distributed widely 
to supermarkets and chain stores, and, unfortunately I can't resist 
'saving' them. It's always interesting to see what you actually get.
I found a pot in my garden the other day, with a small fan in it, and 
the label 'esii' (hurrah!) and this week noticed fans coming up where 
the 'perrenial iris' was planted. I will be curious to see what these 
plants produce in the way of flowers.
I think what I am trying to say is, don't rely too much on what the 
nursery, or label claims the plant to be.
BTW - K-Mart still has plastic bags containing soil and dead shreds of 
vegetation, labelled 'Bearded Iris' and displayed for sale.
cheers, Jan Clark, in Australia

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