Hi, John . The Historic Iris Preservation Society has photos of many historics on their website. Worth checking for an ID. All appear to be correct within my memory and references. Adam Fikso ----- Original Message ----- From: "John C. MacGregor" <jonivy@earthlink.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] old homestead bulbs > > On Feb 9, 2010, at 7:35 AM, Dennis Kramb wrote: >> But my favorite old homestead flower is a bearded iris I've >> nicknamed 'Wild >> Lakota'. The roadside places in which I've found it are nowhere >> near any >> existing home. So I can't imagine how many decades they've been >> able to >> persist, untended. And I've found it growing in a few rural locations >> between Cincinnati & Dayton, so I assume it was a pass-along plant >> a very >> long time ago. I collected a few pieces years ago and now have a >> big patch >> of it in my front garden. For years it had never set seed, but >> then last >> year there were a couple bee pods. > > > Dennis, > > How about a detailed description of your iris? There are lots of > heirloom irises found in old gardens. If it is old enough, it > probably is distinctive enough to be readily identified. > > John C. MacGregor > South Pasadena, CA > USDA Zone 9 > Sunset Zones 21/23 > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/