On Fri, 5 May 2006 12:26:17 -0400 "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@starpower.net> wrote: > Does anyone know when Iris minutoaurea should bloom? >There is a nice clump > in the garden, but I don't see buds. > Jim, 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. I divided mine two years ago and one relocation had 14 flowers on a clump only 4-5" across. I have no idea why, or whether it will repeat, but it looked great! We are also far too dry but the weather has suited seed-setting on many plants that I don't normally get much or any seed on. Just about every erythronium is in seed, which is quite unusual. Best, John John T Lonsdale PhD 407 Edgewood Drive, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341, USA Home: 610 594 9232 Cell: 484 678 9856 Fax: 801 327 1266 Visit "Edgewood" - The Lonsdale Garden at http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/ USDA Zone 6b