Iris question
Jane McGary (Mon, 14 Jun 2004 09:16:42 PDT)

Iris cycloglossa, although a member of the Scorpiris (Juno) section, does
not require the very dry summer conditions normally associated with these
plants. According to references, it grows on gravel bars along rivers,
where it presumably has some moisture at all times. This moist, constantly
mobile environment no doubt explains its long, thin rhizomes, adapted to
frequent burying and relocation, like those of Lilium pardalinum.

I have grown it for a number of years, but it doesn't do particularly well
here, and I attribute this to a probably preference for a serious winter
dormancy, which it doesn't get here. The flower is lavender and rather
narrow, and the leaves are also narrow for a Juno.

Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon