New to me

Carol

   Those are some rather odd and hard to grow species you are interested in.
Perhaps you shoould have researched them a bit before you bought! In mathew
I. sikkimensis (Ddykes) is noted as a mystery plant described by Dykes in
1912om Sikkim 9i believe this is a province in southern China. So it might
not be expected to do well in zone 5 I. forrestii is a yellow siberian, from
western China, a small delicate plant that I had once and bloomed outside
and then lost to winter kill.It was a clear yellow. I. gracilipes is from
Japan and scarse even in its natural habitat. I had it once from an English
nursery 40 years ago and have only seen it listed once since. Lost the first
winter even though I kept it in my garage above freezing.Its in the same
section as I. cristata and about the same size. Pardancanda X norrosii is a
wide cross of an iris to the Blackberry Lily, made by Norrris about 20 years
ago and checked out by Dr. Lenz of the Santa Ana Botanical Gardens as a true
cross. I don't think the Blackberry Lily is a true lily as only the flower
looks like a lily flower. It is quite hardy here. You will have to take very
careful care of these plants as they are far from the usual iris.

Bruce Richardson (near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
Bruce Richardson (near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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