Re: Gardens & Weather/ Azalea

Gene....that's what I was hoping...it would add pretty neat and varied
texture to my current ground covers. I came across the following at USDA
plants
 site when doing some research....the name of the Class is amusing:

    Class _Liliopsida_
(http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=Lili
opsida&display=63)   b Monocotyledons  Subclass
_Liliidae_
(http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=Lili
idae&display=63)     Order _Liliales_
(http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=Lili
ales&display=63)     Family
_Iridaceae_
(http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=Irid
aceae&display=63)   b Iris family  Genus _Iris  L._
(http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=IRIS
&display=63
)  b iris  Species _Iris  cristata Aiton_
(http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=IRCR
&display=63)  b dwarf crested
iris

Joanie Anderson
35 mi.north of Chicago
zone 5a


In a message dated 8/31/2009 6:10:33 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
genebush@netsurfusa.net writes:

Joanie,
Iris cristata forms a good groundcover  with sword shaped leaves.
Blooms in May with flowers sitting just on top of  the foliage and, remains
green until heavy frost. Quite a few named  cultivars out there ranging from
white blooms to several heights and sizes  when mature, lots of shades of
lavender and blue. Very versatile and does  well in heavy soils and root
competition. Even better, of course, in decent  soil.

Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery &  Gardens,LLC
www.munchkinnursery.com
Garden Writer - Photographer -   Lecturer



-----Original Message-----
From:  owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
Of
Gene...it sounds so delicate and yet substantial...drooool. Does the  Iris
cristata foliage persist or die down after flowering?

Joanie  Anderson
35 mi. north of  Chicago
z.5a

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