Paige wrote >Quite a few Junos thrive in the rain out here on the Wet coast: aucheri, >bucharica, >magnifica, vicaria and their crosses, for starters. Storms might thrash a >flower or two, but there are more. The thing is to plant these irises >either on very steep slopes or in raised beds of road mulch or coarse sand, >and let rain be their only irrigation.
I also found bucharica, magnifica, and vicaria good on the rock garden in the Cascade foothills (didn't risk aucheri), and in addition, Iris 'Sindpers' did beautifully high on a sand and gravel berm where in summer it was overgrown with alstroemeria, which didn't cover the area until the iris had gone dormant. The last-mentioned is a hybrid with lovely sky-blue flowers and is in bloom here now, still in a pot after the move last fall. None of the Junos in my new bulb house is in flower yet and in fact they may not bloom this year after having been lifted, stored, and divided for planting; I. stenophylla came up but had no flowers. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
