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Specific Families and Genera => Iris => Topic started by: Pennine Wanderer on January 22, 2014, 03:36:07 PM

Title: Juno & reticulate iris
Post by: Pennine Wanderer on January 22, 2014, 03:36:07 PM

I am interested in growing the smaller juno & reticulate iris.  Some of the ones that I see on the forum that take my fancy, eg Iris zagrica, iris orange glow, & iris  nicolai, to name a few are not available in the bulb catalogues that I have.  Can anyone please suggest where the more unusual ones may be purchased.
Thanks, Dave.

Title: Re: Juno & reticulate iris
Post by: Steve Garvie on January 23, 2014, 12:51:21 AM

Hi Dave,

A good place to start would be the bulb catalogues of Janis Ruksans and Jan Jilek.

http://rarebulbs.lv/index.php/en/catalogue (http://rarebulbs.lv/index.php/en/catalogue) ( http://rarebulbs.lv/index.php/en/ (http://rarebulbs.lv/index.php/en/) )

http://www.wildbulbs.eu/cypripedium/bulbs_catalogue.pdf (http://www.wildbulbs.eu/cypripedium/bulbs_catalogue.pdf) ( http://www.wildbulbs.eu/ (http://www.wildbulbs.eu/) )

Title: Re: Juno & reticulate iris
Post by: Pennine Wanderer on January 23, 2014, 10:23:09 AM

Steve. 
Thanks for the reply and links.
Dave.

Title: Re: Juno & reticulate iris
Post by: Cyril L on January 23, 2014, 09:22:59 PM

Dave, if you cannot get I. zagrica from Janis or Jan, try Bob & Rannveig Wallis (Buried Treasure).  They grew it from Jim Archibald seeds.

Title: Re: Juno & reticulate iris
Post by: PeterT on January 24, 2014, 12:09:26 AM

Kurt Vickery also released some I zagrica, and Norman Stevens was selling it. Leonid Bondarenko also sells a number of small junos and reticulate Iris.

Title: Re: Juno & reticulate iris
Post by: art600 on January 24, 2014, 10:40:03 AM

I have been very pleased with Augis Bulbs.   Not as extensive a selection, but excellent bulbs and plants.

http://www.augisbulbs.com/ (http://www.augisbulbs.com/)

Title: Re: Juno & reticulate iris
Post by: PeterT on January 24, 2014, 11:55:31 AM

I have had two orders from Augis and definitely agree with Arthur, very good plants and generous too.
by the way Arthur; your retics are flowering nicely at the moment. If there are any still out, I shall bring them to the south wales show or the Frit group.

Title: Re: Juno & reticulate iris
Post by: David Nicholson on January 24, 2014, 02:02:51 PM

I've never been less than very pleased with anything I've bought from Augis.

Title: Re: Juno & reticulate iris
Post by: Pennine Wanderer on January 24, 2014, 03:31:17 PM

Many thanks for all the replies.

Dave