Scorpiris Iris (Juno's) 2007

[Andrew]

As the Iris page is mostly Iris reticulata's, I'll start a new topic for the Juno's.

First flowering for me is I. aucheri 'Snow Princess'.







Good thinking, Andrew, these deserve their own page! M

[David Nicholson]

Nice Andrew, are they difficult?

[Andrew]

Nice Andrew, are they difficult?

David, it depends on the species, some are easy - I. bucharica, I. cycloglossa - and can be grown outside, others are more difficult to impossible ?

[David Nicholson]

I shall watch, wait and read, and maybe try a couple of easy ones next year.

[David Shaw]

David, I. bucharica is probably one of the easier ones. I struggle with it out of doors in Moray but it does seem to survive and I get better results in a pot in the greenhouse (good enough to feel able to put it on the show bench but not good enough for the judges recognition - yet). It is also readily available.

[David Nicholson]

David, I. bucharica is probably one of the easier ones. I struggle with it out of doors in Moray but it does seem to survive and I get better results in a pot in the greenhouse (good enough to feel able to put it on the show bench but not good enough for the judges recognition - yet). It is also readily available.

David, I was doing a bit of research this afternoon and I. bucharica is currently top of my "to try list" 

[Lesley Cox]

Thrilled to have a new page just for junos. I'll have to post some pics later in the year. I'm starting to repot mine now and am surprised to find some well into root already, a problem as I've to send a couple to Oz in April.

I'm surprised to see I. aucheri so tall Andrew. Is this typical for the species? Beginning to wonder if all the tall whites I've raised from AGS seed as graeberiana and assumed to be magnifica alba, may be aucheri instead, though probably not, as they are mid season rather than early. My blue and purple aucheris flower from mid winter to early spring.

[Susan Band]

David, I tried some Junos for the first time 2 years ago. They did really well last year and are showing up at the moment and are (were before the snow anyway) looking good again. They are outside in a really gritty bed with humus. Here is a photo of Iris New Argument and Iris Blue mystery(both last year) from Leonid Bonderenko, he is trying to bred tough hybrids.

[David Nicholson]

Susan,I think I would have to grow in pots but if they prosper up there they ought to grow down here?

[Andrew]

I'm surprised to see I. aucheri so tall Andrew. Is this typical for the species? Beginning to wonder if all the tall whites I've raised from AGS seed as graeberiana and assumed to be magnifica alba, may be aucheri instead, though probably not, as they are mid season rather than early. My blue and purple aucheris flower from mid winter to early spring.

Lesley, it's new this season so I cannot comment on that. I've just come home and noticed the normal I. aucheri has opened its flower, it's about six inches tall - bit dull for a flower now, maybe tommorrow - and I had that last season (no flower).

This might be totally unrelated but I have some corydalis and tulips, the same species were kept refridgerated and in an unheated room. The fridged corydalis is in full flower, the roomed one is not showing above grow and the fridged tulips are about doubled the height of the roomed ones !

Then again, I think it is  I. warleyensis is looking elongated and I had that last season as well !!

[udo]

my first Junos this year:
Juno nicolai
Juno stenophylla

[Luc Gilgemyn]

You seem to be preparing more surprises for us Dirk !
This J. nicolai has such an unusual colour combination : beautiful
Thanks

[Lesley Cox]

Andrew, with many bulbs from climates with cold, harsh winters - as in central Asia where many junos come from - cold is the trigger to start growth so bulbs kept cold will be earlier than those in warmer conditions. Also happier probably.

[Andrew]

As promised I. aucheri.

This is 15 cm/6 inches tall. I had a look in Mathew's Iris and he says about 15 - 40 cm in height and 'it is possible to grow it in the open ground in southern Britain'. I had the tape measure out on I. aucheri 'Snow Princess' and that is 35 cm/14 inches, so within range.

[David Nicholson]

Andrew, do you mean in South East Britain where (sometimes!) it's drier, or South West where it aint?