On 11 Jan 2009, at 19:49, Jim McKenney wrote: > ...Iris lazica, which enjoys a cushier life in the protected cold frame, has > yet to bloom here (ever). Well, would *you* blooom if you were cooped up in a protected cold frame? [At this moment, I have a vision of Jim in a tutu performing "Dance of the Flowers". Look, mommy, at the funny man: he's blooming!] Plant it out. I've got a few clumps of I. lazica scattered around the place, and afaict they're bone hardy. They don't need the same sunny baking that I. unguicularis seems to prefer. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island http://maps.google.ca/maps/…