Iris Classification how about posting....

I was thinking of posting different Iris Classifications to see what every one is growing across the country
like Arils
TB
MTB
etc. what do you think
:)
Anita

I grow TB, SDB, BB, IB, MTB, a couple Sib's and am trying some LA's.
Marsha

zone 7b
sdb
ib
bb
mtb
mdb
tb
sibs
japanese
arils some with great success
species
versi color

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mdb
sdb
ib
bb (not many)
mtb
tb
arilbred (a few)
sib
japanese (a few)
versicolor (LOVE it here)
setosa
pseudacorus
specX
cristata


This message was edited Jan 5, 2007 1:31 PM

All catagories of the bearded
japanese
siberian --the greatest quantity I grow
pseudacorus and pseudacorus crosses
versicolor
virginica
lactea
laevigatae
louisianas
setosa
tectorum
Paltec (a bearded iris cross with tectorum)
cristata
many diff species cross
bulbuous histriodes
bucharica
going to try spurias this year

I'm enjoying this thread.

And how about you Anita?

Here in Maryland
I've Got
MDB
SDB's
MTB
IB
BB
TB
Arilbred
Versicolor
Siberians
Robusta
Louisianas
One Japanese (only becasue I keep Killing them)
I am trying several aril and regalia species this year
and have pseudocorus as a guest
:)

I'm in Tall Bearded Country. There are a few of the others in my beds too, but over 90% of the irises I grow are TBs.

Here in southern Arizona,
I grow mostly TB's,
a few BB's.
some arilbreds, &
some Louisiana's.
(Spurias grow well here too, but I don't grow any of those.)

~ Margie

AB - 44
BB - 9
IB - 7
MDB - 2
SDB - 77
TB - 513

plus countless unnamed ones.......

Neil

LA's only here

I have mainly species, spurias, SDBs, a few TBs (50 or so) LAs that come in for the winter, various other irids and all the ZA irids I can get my paws on.
inanda

ZA? And what species Inanda?

I have Iris:
sanguinea
sanguinea var. nana
pumila - MDB, SDB
setosa
sibirica cultivars
hookeri
sintenesii var. brandzae
suaveolens (yellow form)
tectorum
forrestiii
chrysographes
typhifolia
reichenbachii

a few are just seedlings, and several more species to start this year.

Forgot some more:
cristata
lacustris
graminea
humulis
gracilipes alba
minutaurea
ruthenica var. nana

Leftwood
How you keeping your are chrysographes alive in MN

I must say, I am proud of that chrysographes, even though it doesn't always look the best.

I am building a theory that DRY in the winter for most perennials is a good thing, and the evidence is mounting. My first chrysographes, bought as a plant, lived through one winter in a normal part sun garden to bloom the following summer, never to return again.

The second one, pictured here, I got as a seedling that someone in our MN Rock Garden Society had started. It was labeled as "Iris clarkei or sintenesii". I think if the grower knew it was chrysographes, she (or he) wouldn't have donated it to our sale with such a cheap price (50 cents). Anyway, where I have it now is in full sun, with very good drainage. It was large enough last year to do some surgery, and I started some new plants to put in a new garden with a little bit of shade, and cooler, yet still very good drainage. I think it will do better there.

While I wouldn't be surprised that growing it from a seedling aided in its survival, I suspect the largest contributor is its genetics. And unless you know the provenance, it's a hit and miss kind of thing for trials.

so if I left it in the garden and allowed sharp drainage it should live through the winter?

Mine are mostly TBs.
Does any one in Zone 5 or colder have Lovely Senorita. And how does she grow for you.

I think chrysographes should do fine in your zone, avmoran.

Overwhelmingly TB historics here, with a small handful of non-historic TBs.

A single bed of tangled siberians that I keep trying to make happier, but actually make more unhappy.

Just TB and MTB's but I plan to venture out into other types little by little, especially arilbred. Apparently we have a good climate for arilbreds.

What the heck is ZA? .....Inanda?

ZA = South Africa. I collect all the south african wild flowers I can find.

inanda whoi grew up there