Author Topic: Reticulate Iris-2013 (Read 23580 times)

arilnut · « **Reply #45 on:** February 17, 2013, 04:23:13 PM »

Here are some of Alan McMurtrie's things blooming in Kansas.

John B

arilnut · « **Reply #46 on:** February 17, 2013, 04:29:53 PM »

Some more of Alan's. He sent these last year as a mixed mess
as the containers were blown over by the wind the year before
when he was replanting. He has ID'ed the green ones as Sea Green.

John B

mixed mess
ret gr
ret yel

johnw · « **Reply #47 on:** February 17, 2013, 05:01:04 PM »

John - I had no idea you'd be 6 weeks ahead of us. Is the worst of winter behind you now?

Boy Alan has an amazing array of selections but a lot of work to get there too. I wish we saw more of them here in eastern Canada.

johnw - raining heavily, hurricane force winds tomorrow.

art600 · « **Reply #48 on:** February 17, 2013, 05:24:26 PM »

John

I wish I had such a mixed mess

All my seedlings are flowering with very nice flowers, but mainly on the purple side. I am sure they will make good garden plants, but it would be nice to discover something like the greens, yellows and whites. Still I do have another 20 pots to hopefully flower next year.

arilnut · « **Reply #49 on:** February 17, 2013, 05:28:15 PM »

Hi Johnw. These started opening a week & a half ago. I have had
bulbs blooming since Jan. 19 starting with Sternbergia candida.
We could still get a blizzard and down to 0 f. Never know in Kansas.
It'll be 60f + today and back down cold the next week.

John B

Maggi Young · « **Reply #50 on:** February 17, 2013, 05:33:45 PM »

I apologise for the poor quality of the picture, but there were two pots of McMurtrie Iris at Dunblane yesterday. Susan Band's I think.

'Sea Green' and 'Avalanche'

art600 · « **Reply #51 on:** February 17, 2013, 05:46:50 PM »

Here is my latest - does not compare with the two above.

johnw · « **Reply #52 on:** February 17, 2013, 07:43:43 PM »

Quote from: arilnut on February 17, 2013, 05:28:15 PM

Hi Johnw. These started opening a week & a half ago. I have had
bulbs blooming since Jan. 19 starting with Sternbergia candida.
We could still get a blizzard and down to 0 f. Never know in Kansas.
It'll be 60f + today and back down cold the next week.John B

John - I'll never understand your weather. How it can get so cold and the ground thaw out so rapidly is beyond me. If our soils freeze deeply it takes till late March or April for them to thaw out.

johnw

arilnut · « **Reply #53 on:** February 17, 2013, 08:19:21 PM »

Johnw. The ground can freeze to over a foot during prolonged cold snaps but then
it will turn and be 40 to 60f in daytime and it will thaw within a week even with
night freezing. I have tecophilaea that has come thru 3 winters now. The secret
is finding the right microclimate.

John B

Janis Ruksans · « **Reply #54 on:** February 17, 2013, 08:36:51 PM »

Quote from: ronm on February 17, 2013, 04:04:32 PM

Seems like we've got some, (of the ones pictured second), flowering at the moment too Arthur. We don't know its name either!!

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Looks like HARMONY or JOYCE
Janis

johnw · « **Reply #55 on:** February 17, 2013, 10:15:14 PM »

John - Not many years in these parts that the ground has thawed in a week. Spring moves at a glacial pace here.

johnw

Roma · « **Reply #56 on:** February 17, 2013, 10:19:29 PM »

Iris 'Avalanche'
Iris 'Sea Green'
At Dunblane yesterday.

arilnut · « **Reply #57 on:** February 17, 2013, 10:48:00 PM »

Quote from: johnw on February 17, 2013, 07:43:43 PM

John - I'll never understand your weather. How it can get so cold and the ground thaw out so rapidly is beyond me. If our soils freeze deeply it takes till late March or April for them to thaw out.

johnw

John, my weather may confound you but the weather, global position,
and microclimates are what allow me to grow things like
onco and regelia iris, tecophilaea, eucomis, cypella, and other flowers
that they say won't survive in this zone.

John B

ronm · « **Reply #58 on:** February 18, 2013, 09:15:33 AM »

Quote from: Janis Ruksans on February 17, 2013, 08:36:51 PM

Looks like HARMONY or JOYCE
Janis

Thank you Janis.

ChrisB · « **Reply #59 on:** February 19, 2013, 12:34:07 PM »

Here are my shots of John's iris exhibited Saturday at Dunblane. I really like 'Sea Green' but I'm not sure how well it would do in the trade...

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