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Hans the rocks etc are natural or amended by you to create a natural setting?
Junos are not grown very often in the United States, although the central and western areas like Colorado seem to suit them pretty well: I have grown the commoner sorts for many years. I've gradually obtained some less common species. I grow mine in the ground (I visited Kazakhstan and Mongolia in 2009 and 2010 and was shocked how similar the terrain and floristics were to the Rockies and Western steppe). We grow quite a few calochorti and aril irises: dryness here is the norm: we often resort to the hose with these, believe it or not (at least in spring when we can be windy and dry at crucial junctures)..As some of the seedlings and odd plants we've finally obtained come into bloom, I shall have to resort to this Forum to help me sort them out: we're not like Britain where you can trot to the nearest SRGC or AGS show and get all the top talent to help you out! I will begin with some of the commoner sorts, and get down to the brass tacks and my questions...hope you all will enjoy these and perhaps help me out with ID's...1) Iris bucharica 'Alba' (or is it willmottiana nowadays?)2) One of many spreads of Iris bucharica at Denver Botanic Gardens.3) Another big spread of bucharica in the Rock Garden4) Closeup of Iris cycloglossa: never get tired of this one!5) Iris vicaria (I believe): from a Czech collector many years ago6) Iris orchoides blooming the first time from seed.7) This came to us as Iris parvula: not sure it is correct. Iris warleyensis9) Iris x Warlsind 10) I lost the label on this last one: is this Iris narbutii?