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Author Topic: Iris and some Irids 2009  (Read 51362 times)

Lesley Cox

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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #315 on: June 29, 2009, 11:34:30 PM »
Paul's right David, more may come. It's very nice anyway.
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #316 on: June 30, 2009, 08:05:43 AM »
Flowering out of season - but verrrrry nice yellow David !!
Young plants often do have a bit of a strange perception as to seasons are concerned don't they !
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #317 on: June 30, 2009, 09:51:18 AM »
Very well done Mr Nicholson :o 8)
This results tempts even me to sow more iris ::)
Congratulations
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #318 on: June 30, 2009, 05:06:28 PM »
Thanks everyone. Just to be on the safeside I re-checked my records just to make sure I hadn't confused my sowing time. I hadn't, and I did sow the seeds on 14 January 2008 and potted on the only seedling to germinate on 25 June 2008. Regretfully I didn't save the seed pot to see if anything else came up :(
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #319 on: June 30, 2009, 10:23:45 PM »
I shall be sowing a lot more too, very soon, the seedlist from NZ Iris Soc just out. Limit of 30 per member, 50c per packet. I'll be able to replace quite a lot that I've lost due to general neglect over recent years. Mostly they have been in pots far too long, and the pots overgrown by grass. BAD GIRL!!! >:(
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #320 on: July 01, 2009, 12:15:12 AM »
My practice is to just pot up to a larger pot without dividing - I have lost seedlings in the past from dividing. As I do not really sell plants much it does not matter. The iris seedlings seem to not have a setback if I follow this practice of all in together - even if other seed has not germinated.
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #321 on: July 01, 2009, 02:25:24 AM »
Lesley,

Ah, it warms my heart to know I'm not the only one guilty of that!  :o  I would love to get more species Irises, but where would I put them (it never seems to stop me though!  ::)).
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #322 on: July 02, 2009, 10:21:07 PM »
Glad to know I'm not the only one to leave seedlings in pots for years and still go on sowing more.
The following spent several years in small pots before being planted out.  They were flowering two or three weeks ago.  I'm not sure if they are Iris forrestii or hybrids.  they are nearer the true plant than the mauve ones I showed previously.
One lot is making a decent clump but the other is getting overgrown and only produced one flower which the slugs found before I did.
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #323 on: July 02, 2009, 11:12:02 PM »
Lovely yellows Roma :)
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Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #324 on: July 03, 2009, 12:49:11 AM »
Roma,

Love that yellow clump.  Beautiful flowers on it. 8)
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #325 on: July 07, 2009, 02:54:57 PM »
Here is a shot of Iris versicolor growing in-situ on the shores of Shoestring Bay, Cape Cod.  The water is tidal and brackish.  There were a few different clones making up the population, ranging from light to medium blue.

The mosquitoes were the size of a Buick! :o :o :o
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #326 on: July 08, 2009, 12:43:02 AM »
Jamie,

I've told you a million times not to exaggerate... they're only the size of Volkswagons.  ;D ;)

Nice versicolor!! 8)
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #327 on: July 08, 2009, 07:58:05 AM »
Really great photo of Iris versicolor in situ in the wild, Jamie, with their wonderful green sword-leaf backdrop - the shape and colours are stunning
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #328 on: July 13, 2009, 01:51:35 PM »
the 'common' dwarf Cretan form of I .unguicularis asks for nothing more than a hot ,dry
spot in the garden , but what a pleasure it is to pick a bunch of it on a cold and bleak
winter's day to scent a warm living room .
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Re: Iris and some Irids 2009
« Reply #329 on: July 13, 2009, 07:04:28 PM »
Absolutely, Otto, it is the most delicate iris in every way at a time of year when it is most welcome - even one stem in a glass on the table makes winter less grey  :)
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