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Old July 11th 04, 02:29 PM
Stephen M. Henning
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"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 a

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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