Juno (Scorpiris) 2009

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Very nice form Hristo - good blue too !
I've seen some more greyish/blue forms before...

[Hristo]

Opened today, Iris rosenbachiana 'Harangon', thank heavens for PVC sheeting or it would be under snow!

[tonyg]

Show us a pic of the frame - its always good to know how and where people grow these lovely plants.

[Hristo]

Hi Tony,
Pic of the bulb frame, this bed is our 'hostage' bed, many of these plants are in the open garden, this bed is simply an insurance policy against the weather and wildlife!

[David Nicholson]

Now, if I had somewhere flat enough to build one of those in full sun I could grow Junos too

[tonyg]

Hi Tony,
Pic of the bulb frame, this bed is our 'hostage' bed, many of these plants are in the open garden, this bed is simply an insurance policy against the weather and wildlife!

Thanks!  You'll note from the hit count on the photo that I was not the only one interested!  (30 hits before I tuned in!)
It is always interesting to see where and how other people grow things.  We can learn more from this than the pretty pics that excite us so much

[Hristo]

True Tony,
I'm sure also there are stories behind every bulb frame! This one is version 6! The first were nearer the house and made of pine logs with various lid configurations, in winter the lids collapsed under snow or got blown away in high winds! Built this one in the spring-summer of 2008, put a modular frame system on top in the autumn, the whole lid was lifted off and blown accross the garden, Rebuilt it with large logs hanging off each module, wind lifted the whole thing off dropping 10 kilo logs inside the bulb fame! Third attempt - drilled holes in the concrete to attach battons, then attached frame to the battons, all the modules are connected by metal plasterboard frame formers. This has been through howling gales and has had 80+cm of snow sat on top!, not pretty but it works!

[Maggi Young]

....... in winter the lids collapsed under snow or got blown away in high winds! Built this one in the spring-summer of 2008, ........the whole lid was lifted off and blown accross the garden, .........., wind lifted the whole thing off dropping 10 kilo logs inside the bulb fame! Third attempt - drilled holes in the concrete to attach battons, then attached frame to the battons, all the modules are connected by metal plasterboard frame formers. This has been through howling gales and has had 80+cm of snow sat on top!, not pretty but it works!

So, there is often a clue...... your place is very windy ,then, eh? 

[Hristo]

True Maggi, though for a short window of opportunity, the cusp of winter and spring, and autumn into winter, and only for one or two weeks at those boundaries.In the summer you just wish it was windy!

[Maggi Young]

That's not so bad really... a place where it is that windy all year would be very wearing.
For the summer you just need trees    ...... wind-resistant trees! 

[David Shaw]

Our first juno this year is Iris aucheri. I had been hoping to take it to Dunblane on Saturday but it looks as if we will have to enjoy it ourselves.

[Hristo]

Lovely clean aucheri David 

[David Nicholson]

very nice indeed David. Pot grown under glass?

[David Shaw]

David, I can't even grow I bucharica, the easy, peesiest of the junos, in the garden so, yes, pot grown under glass.

[Craig]

 
Dizzy & swooning from having tried to take in this whole thread in one go!
Just wanted to say thanks for everyone for posting these stunners. Can anyone recommend a good book on Junos, i'd love to know more?