Juno (Scorpiris) 2009

[mark smyth]

I've had them in the past, flowered them twice and killed them. I'm wondering if I should try again? What is the secret?

[Rafa]

I grow it in the bulbframe, against the house. I think it needs many sun 
It surprised me this morning because it is very beautiful, but I donīt know the species.

[BULBISSIME]

Nice flower but no idea rafa 

[BULBISSIME]

New openings today :

Iris rosenbachiana 'HARANGON' :



Iris galatica,

[Hristo]

Super looking 'Harangon' and galatica, are you growing in a bulb frame or out in the great wide open world?
These plants look so much better for their more naturalistic planting.

[BULBISSIME]

Hristo,
all are in bulbframe since this year ( last autumn ) : better to control water, slugs, but still have problems with my 2 cats !! 

[Hristo]

The top dressing you have used looks great, I've found Junos's much easier to keep in a bulb frame or in the open garden where conditions are more stable perhaps than those acheievable with pot culture.
I shall look forward to seeing more of your plants as they flower!

[Rafa]

very very good Fred, superb plants  and pics

[arillady]

Is there any news on the Juno book that Tony Hall has be working on for years?
Anyone heard anything? I am looking forward to THAT  reference work.
Good to see your frame Rafa and the Afghanistan ssp.
Fred you do have some lovely Junos.

[Susan Band]

Just reporting some success with the forced germination method we were talking about earlier in this thread.
So far I have I. paradoxa, I kirkwoodii, I. aucheri alba, I. tubergeniana, I. imbricata and a couple of I. sp. germinated and producing leaves. I have had a few packets rot. Some packets I didn't treat ( they are just sitting there and not doing anything) but I am now going through them and cutting them, also I am going through last years pots and treating them as well. I think although I have lost a few packets I think it is worth while as it isn't easy keeping pots going for a couple of years until they germinate naturally.
I will definitely do it again next year if I get any Iris seed.

Susan

[David Shaw]

Pat, assuming that Kew will be publishing the book, there is no reference to it in their forthcoming titles.

[Hans A.]

Rafa and Fred, great plants and superb pictures! Rafa - I have no idea which species this could be.

[BULBISSIME]

I think it could be Iris rafanensis ssp. iberica 

[arillady]

Fred love your study name

[Hristo]

In the bulb frame today - Iris 'Sindpers'
The first Juno to flower here this year.