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Re: [SG] Iris Danfordiae

Hello Barbara,
        I have had these little bulb type Iris in my garden for some years now and
highly recommend them. Easy to grow, colorful and quite early in the
season. I have had them bloom on Valentines Day, but usually the bloom the
first to middle of March. Try them around hellebores or Lungworts in small
drifts.
        They are in rather heavy clay soil, but well drained in a raised bed here.
I plant mine 3 to 4 inches deep in clumps of around 6 each. Give them about
3 to 4 years and they will increase by offsets. They will also sometimes
seed a bit. There are many names forms and species to choose from. All are
nice at that time of the year. I like to mix the blues and violets of the
Iris with Winter Aconite. The only one I have not been able to keep is the
"white" form (actually a very pale icy blue)
        Try the I. danordiae, all the forms of I. reticulata. If you have very
well drained sandy soil somewhere you may want to try some of the Juno Iris
or Corn Iris.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: B Brown J <BBROWNJ@AOL.COM>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] Iris Danfordiae
> Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 5:23 PM
>
> Please, can someone give me some info on hardiness,depth of planting,
whether
> they spred. Have received some bulbs. Was going to pot them, but will put
in
> garden I think.
> Thanks
> Barbara Jones
> Chelmsford, Mass
> z5
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