Re: species iris

Marilyn, I grow few irises because of my shade, but one that I like very much is Iris gracillipes, which doesn't mind some shade.  It's small and graceful and has foliage like wide blades of grass which persists and looks good all season.  At the last chapter meeting of NARGS, we had our "rare plant auction" and our speaker, Mike Slater, from PA brought some donations including I. gracillipes alba, which I've been anxious to acquire.  The plants he brought had bloomed already, having been forced for the Philadelphia Flower Show, so I have to wait till next year to see it bloom.  But at least I have it!  I also got Narcissus rupicola, a truly teeny daffodil with an absolutely heavenly fragrance.  Not rose-like, not at all like paperwhites; it reminds me rather of the soft, powdery fragrance some primroses have.

Vivien
Zone 6, MA

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