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David Nicholson
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Armin Ruby Iris breeder supreme
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David Nicholson
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David,
thanks for the compliment
Aren't the tiny successes hobbyists best motiviation?
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I don't want to put a dampener on a new breeder's efforts but it may be worth remembering Armin, that bearded irises really DON'T enjoy compost or anything humusy in fact. They like straight soil with lime. With compost - or manures - the rhizomes can quickly rot and the leaves tend to become bright green (instead of glaucous) and weak and floppy, then rot or get very diseased.
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Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9
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Hello Lesley,
thank you for the cultivation advices. Your are quite right.
I made exactly this rotting experience once I covered some Iris rhizomes with compost for winter protection.
I'll never do that again
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Here are some of the tall bearded Irisses that are flowering in my garden this week:
1) unknown iris
2) unknown iris
3) iris 'Roman Rythm'
4) iris 'Vague à l'ame'
Enjoy
Wim
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Wim Boens - Secretary VRV (Flemish Rock Garden Society) - Seed exchange manager Crocus Group
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Wim,
very nice TBI's. Very difficult to indentify your unknown ones.
There are so many cultivars.
Like "Vague a l'ame" - is very lovely...
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May 24, 2008, 10:14:00 AM »
Here are some more that are flowering now:
1) unknown Iris
2) Iris 'Wild Yasmine'
3) Iris 'Burnt Toffee'
4) Iris 'Exotic Isle'
5) Iris 'Secret Melody'
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Wim Boens - Secretary VRV (Flemish Rock Garden Society) - Seed exchange manager Crocus Group
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A few Iris pictures here from a visit, last week, to the University of Cambridge Botanic garden. The first three are general views across a pond and a stream side; followed by shots of Iris pseudacorus and I. sikkimensis; and to finish a few tall 'Beardies'-Alfred Edwin, Dawn Perfection and Indiana Night.
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David Nicholson
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May 30, 2008, 05:47:00 PM »
Wim and David
Nice ones
Great to see some colour.
Kind regards
Joakim
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My favourite there is
I. sikkimensis
, only very rarely seen, maybe never in NZ.
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Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9
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Lesley,
Yes, i is nice isn't it. Not one I've ever seen in person myself either.
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Paul T.
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Min winter temp -8 or -9°C. Max summer temp 40°C. Thankfully, maybe once or twice a year only.
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In the garden I have a small collection of 'Beardies' that I want to move to another part but it has been so wet this Summer that I haven't got round to moving them. Next Sunday (21st.) we go to Spain for a week and I have loads of jobs to do before we go. My question is-if I leave them where they are until we get back from Spain will it be too late to move them this year?
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David Nicholson
in Devon, UK Zone 9b
"Victims of satire who are overly defensive, who cry "foul" or just winge to high heaven, might take pause and consider what exactly it is that leaves them so sensitive, when they were happy with satire when they were on the side dishing it out"
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September 15, 2008, 03:32:59 AM »
David,
in our climate the bearded iris are very forgiving and the worse you can do is miss out on flowering for a season. However, with your rain you may need to dust the cut/broken ends of any rhizomes with sulphur or a similar anti-fungal.
Here's a dwarf species which I got as Iris schaactii, those soem think it might be I. reichenbachii.
And the utterly tiny iris suavolens, taken on the display bench at the AGS Vic Group's "Garden Treasures" Talk last Saturday.
cheers
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September 15, 2008, 07:48:28 AM »
Hello Fermi,
to me your Iris looks more like Iris reichenbachii. Iris schachtii normally has more brown in its sepals (I've never seen an I. schachtii that is so clear yellow) and has a flower that stands higher and has smaller leaves but I'm no master-Irisconnoisseur so maybe someone can set me straight.
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Wim Boens - Secretary VRV (Flemish Rock Garden Society) - Seed exchange manager Crocus Group
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
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Fermi, it is like what I grow as I. reichenbachii. Nice clump, by the way, anв so early in the season.
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