[pbs] Iris minutoaurea + I. henryi
Antennaria@aol.com
Antennaria at aol.com
Sun May 7 00:01:14 EDT 2006
John Lonsdale writes:
>If I. minutoaurea hasn't flowered yet then it won't this
>year (unless it just emerged from a late-melting
>snowbank). Mine all finished about 2 weeks ago. It is
>unfortunately shy-flowering, a couple of flowers being
>normal.
Darrell Probst says his plants bloom well every year. My plant, which I
purchased 5 years ago, grows slowly but keeps building up the clump, but never
flowers. That is, until this year. The small clump has about 10 buds, with 4-5
miniature flowers open in the two photos I'm providing. It's certainly a cute
little thing, about 3" tall in flower. I hope, now that it's established and
decided to flower, it'll do this each year:
http://www.plantbuzz.com/rockgard/woodland/Iris_minutoaurea_2006a.jpg
http://www.plantbuzz.com/rockgard/woodland/Iris_minutoaurea_2006b.jpg
The other Chinese woodland iris are blooming well; I. koreana (golden
yellow), Iris odaesanensis (white), and the enchanting I. henryi. The latter species
has only been introduced recently by Darrell Probst, and from a tiny start I
planted just two years ago, it's filling in nicely,and may have about 20
blooms this year. The flowers are tiny, opening a clear light blue with a yellow
signal, fading to a the lightest blue possibly. I post a photo, but I've yet
to capture the true pale blue color of the flowers.
http://www.plantbuzz.com/rockgard/woodland/Iris_henryi_2006a.jpg
Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
antennaria at aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
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