Iris in Kansas City MO
Jane McGary (Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:05:51 PST)

Iris unguicularis is starting to flower here in Portland, Oregon as
well, though the rain is spoiling the blooms.

Peter Taggart wrote

I don't have 'Mary Barnard' but would like to get it. I've had
'Walter Butt' for about 15 years and find it very easy to grow here.
In fact there is a big clump of it in my former garden that I gave up
on moving because it's so rooted in. I put some in my brother's
garden near Monterey, California, and it just exploded in growth.
Perhaps our dry summers are more to its liking than what it gets in England.

Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA