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Plants => Nice Plants => Topic started by: Palustris on June 27, 2013, 02:21:37 PM
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As an experiment I grew some Iris sibirica seed. Planted out in the veg garden, this is their thrid year and three have flowered
(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww32/Owdboggy/Sibselff3.jpg)
Yellow one not open yet.
(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww32/Owdboggy/sibself2.jpg)
Very pale freckled blue/purple
(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww32/Owdboggy/Selfsib1.jpg)
Darker freckled blue
None much different to commercial varieties but a lot cheaper.
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Congratulations Eric!
They are truly exquisite! Good gardeners need a lot of patience and skill. A good memory also helps (with the assistance of a well marked label). You've got what it takes :D
Three years is much toooooo long for most to wait for a flower! Well done!
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Try growing Narcissus from seed and waiting 7 years for them to flower. Crocus are not much better either.
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and that's why new cultivars are so expensive.
I spent a day taking photos here:-
http://www.ringhaddy-daffodils.com/index.html
(and yes, the price is per single bulb!)
It was a few years ago now, but quite an experience for me.
I made up an Ideas Genie database of the cultivars, linked to the photos I took.
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The yellow budded one is open, very similar to one called White Wings.
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Nice 8) and well worth the wait Eric :)
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Congratulations, Eric. I love irises and those are beautiful. I particularly like the one you called the "yellow budded one".
Eric H