Iris--TOW
Jane McGary (Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:26:23 PST)
Rodger Whitlock wrote,
I. lazica is a good doer: I have enormous clumps that were planted
out 15 years ago and have done well even in conditions of not-very-
good winter drainage. Unfortunately, it is an unkempt plant not
suitable for the more carefully groomed gardens. Moreover, the
rather washy flowers appear at a time when much else is flowering; I
cannot place it in the front rank of iris species.
I must have a different form, or it is responding differently to the colder
weather here than in the Victoria area. It is a pretty tidy evergreen with
little dieback, forming a compact clump, and the flowers on mine, which I
bought many years ago from Avon Bulbs in England, are a fairly bright
violet. They are, however, well down in the foliage, and show up well only
when a lot of them are open and not devoured by slugs.
Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon