Re: SPEC: help - info on I. kashmiriana?
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SPEC: help - info on I. kashmiriana?
- From: d*@dynamicro.on.ca
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 14:31:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca
On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Linda Mann wrote:
> From: Linda Mann <lmann@icx.net>
>
> After rooting around in the archives, I can't find much on I.
> kashmiriana , new for me this year. Posts say it is a 2n=48
> Mediterranean species with lemon fragrance that has poor cold, wet
> winter tolerance. Lowell Baumunk and Winterberry Gardens (where mine
> came from), both with cold wet winters, offer it for sale. Another post
> from Canada mentions it as part of Bruce ?s greenhouse collection of
> iris species. And there is another post that had a long list of species
> including this entry:
> > KASHMIRIANA, KASHMIR, WELCH
>
> So I'm curious if anybody can tell me more about this critter?
> Linda Mann
Linda, That's Bruce Richardson in the Niagara Peninsula which is zone 6
or maybe zone 7. So it's not so cold tolerant as you would think. Quite
a lot of this area is dry too.
--
Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, CIS, SIGNA, IRIS-L, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
URL for the North American Native Irises web page
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
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