Re: ID question: is this a sib?
- Subject: Re: [sibrob] ID question: is this a sib?
- From: R* D*
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 19:48:33 -0700
That's Iris graminea. It is a spuria. It's a dwarf, too. I grow a patch of
it in my garden. Great conversation piece. See the Spuria Iris Society
website for another pic of this one. If you snuggle down close to those
flowers, you may find that they smell a bit like Welch's grape juice.
http://www.spuria.org
Bob
(Questions? I'm the webmaster for the site, and it is hosted on my Amiga
server.)
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** Robert Dickow (dickow@uidaho.edu) **
** USDA Zone 5 ** Vive le cor!! **
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----- Original Message ----- > I have an iris that I had always assumed was
a siberian but after
> learning more about the various species I am not so sure. It has
> grassy foliage like a sib, grows about 20" tall, the flower stalks
> are shorter than the foliage making them only visible from above.
> Here is a link to a photo of it: http://www.geocities.com/land_of_mu/
> iris-photos/lavender-sib.HTML . From the center to the end of a
> petal is maybe 2 inches, the standards are short and spoon shaped.
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