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Sat, May 9, 09 at 15:47
| So last year I was baffled by this Iris:
http://ardentgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/iris21.jpg It was the first year it bloomed and I couldn't figure out what it was because it didn't look like anything I had planted. This year it looks like this: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3404/3516492210_50d6a6405c_b.jpg I think it resembles "Tennessee Woman" which I vaguely remember buying. I assume the soil and conditions would have something to do with the color change. Is this a common thing among Iris? I'm fairly new to them so I have no clue! |
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- Posted by tabarhodes 5, NM (My Page) on Sat, May 9, 09 at 15:48
| but now that i'm looking at the pictures it looks as though the beards are totally different colors......maybe there's several varieties in this clump? |
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| I would bet you have 2 totally different iris there. I think some iris can look slightly different due to soil conditions or temps, but not that different. Iris can multiply so fast that they can invade another's territory. |
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- Posted by tabarhodes 5, NM (My Page) on Sun, May 10, 09 at 12:49
| Thanks ngraham! This particular clump is out in the middle of the gravel far away from my other Iris, so no invasion. They must have mistakenly included a different variety of Iris in the bag that I bought (that's walmart for you!) and I guess the more yellow iris didn't bloom last year. Although funny thing I haven't gotten any of the pinkish blooms yet like I had last year! Weird! |
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| Walmart has that reputation, although when I bought my first iris from them years ago I didn't have that problem. I must have been lucky because Wmart has a bad reputation. |
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