When you say Iris...

[SVTKate]

Do you mean just plain ol ordinary Iris, like is in my garden? Or is there
something else that I don't know about?

:)

Kate

[Ka30P]

Hi Kate,

There are aquatic iris who will tolerate everything from their crowns being a
couple inches under water to having their feet soggy all the time.




kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[SVTKate]

Thank You Kathy!


"Ka30P" > wrote in message
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| Hi Kate,
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| There are aquatic iris who will tolerate everything from their crowns
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| couple inches under water to having their feet soggy all the time.
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| kathy :-)
| algae primer
| http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[Stephen M. Henning]

"SVTKate" > wrote:

> Do you mean just plain ol ordinary Iris, like is in my garden? Or is there
> something else that I don't know about?

No, only certain varieties of iris are suitable for water or bog use.
They are:

True water iris which prefer water over their crowns:

yellow flag - Iris pseudzcorus
blue flag - Iris virginica
southern blue flag - Iris versicolor
rabbit-ear iris - Iris laevigata
(some Louisiana iris - Iris brevicaulis, I. fulva, I. nelsonii, etc.)


Bog iris that tolerate wet conditions:

Japanese iris - Iris ensata
Siberian iris - Iris sibirica
Rocky Mountain iris - Iris missouriensis


In addition there are many hybrids of the above.

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