SPEC: Various
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- Subject: SPEC: Various
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- Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 22:10:32 -0400
From: "Ian E. & Shirley Efford" <avocet.intl@sympatico.ca>
Various messages deserve short comments so I am replying in one e-mail.
I.variegata is quite, or even, very hardy here. I have about twenty
from different sources - some from Clarence who must have about the same
climate as Bill. When you grow them side by side, there turns out to be
four different ones. Two yellows with "red" markings and two white with
violet markings. Each pair can then be divided into those with clear
standards and those with motelly (spelling?) standards. The most
spectacular one I have is a tall (3ft) yellow one which is one of the
best irises in my garden. Unfortunately, I have just sent all the seed
to the seed exchange of the local rock garden society.
As to purple bases to the leaves. I would suggest that there might be
two distinct factors here. I have various irises which have the common
"red" base and then I have an aphylla which has a very purple colour
which extends right over the leaves and the spathe. I would suggest
from simple observation that these two, quite different pigments.
Jack, the common iris you have is Iris versicolor. If you plant the
Japanese iris, Iris ensata, it does not object to being immersed in
water during the summer. It is native to your sort of climate. If you
e-mail me next summer, I will send you some.
Finally, although Maureen is correct in terms of cost of books, if the
books are sent by Amazon, they use DHL. The latter charge a brokerage
fee at the border which means that it is less expensive to purchase from
the Canadian bookstore.
They are all my comments for today!
Ian, in Ottawa
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