Isoplexis'n'Iris

And lambsydotes and dozeydotes and little lambsydivey? (Memory - probably
somewhat scrambled - of a WW2 nonsense song, British I think - and probably
*exclusively* so! Ie, not perhaps likely to have travelled to the US...
Sudden vision of totally bewildered GIs wondering what the heck these
strange folks were burbling about...)

First, thanks to the info from Gill re sources of Isoplexis seed. Irritating
since I have the Chilterns catalogue so must have read right through the
name of I. isabellina without taking it on board.

Second, to second (or third or fourth or fifth) David's praise of I.
confusa. I'd add I. wattii as if anything even better. Though I gather from
SIGNA newsletters that the naming of seed-grown specimens of these two spp
is likely to be more than a bit doubtful - ie, there's often a lot of
unspotted impromptu self-hybridization involved. Here, BTW, both spp seem a
good deal hardier than text books suggest - certainly quite untroubled by
short periods of temperatures down to -6/7C. Slugs don't trouble them too
much in my own garden (too many other things to keep them occupied? or too
idle to shimmy up those long naked pseudo-stems) but wind does: our seaside
gales all too often shred their bold exotic-looking foliage-fans.

Tim
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