Re: New (to me) iris

Carol

If interested in species irises, rather than TBs, the essential book is "The 
Iris" by Brian Mathews, it descibes almost all the species in the genus Iris 
in the world at the time of publication.  It is an excellent reference and 
answers many of the questions that come up on this list.

The first three species are common species but sikkimensis has only been 
recorded once by Dykes.  I would be very interested to learn of the nursery 
that claims to have specimens.  Does anyone else on the list claim to have a 
specimen of this species or know of one in cultivation in N.Am.?

Ian E. Efford
Ottawa 
avocet@worldlink.ca


>I have one of those dream situations--I got to choose from a catalog
>"whatever I can't live without."  Among the things I chose were some iris
>I have never heard of. (Now, they may be very common to most of you, but
>I'm new to this--even if, as revealed in a previous messgae, I'm not all
>that new to the world.)
>
>Anyway--this catalog lists Iris forestii, iris gracilipes, I. graminea, I.
>sikkimensis and I X Pardanacacanda X norrisii.  Since I asked for most of
>these, I'd love to know what people can tell me about them!
>
>Carol
>Zone 5b
>
>
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