Iris unguicularis
totototo@telus.net (Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:46:16 PST)

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.

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