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Iris (Iris unguicularis (Iris))

8 Jan 2012



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Beautiful Tommymoo, I'm pretty sure I pulled mine right out of the ground thinking it was weed!!!

23 Jan, 2012

 

Ohhh Alex, what a shame!
I also do that once in a while :-(

23 Jan, 2012

 

Oh well, I will just have to get another one. I do that a lot Tommymoo....if it looks like a weed or grass that will spread through the garden, I pull it out. Oh when will I learn!?!?!

23 Jan, 2012

 

That looks like quite a clump!

23 Jan, 2012

 

It's just difficult to differentiate a precious garden plant from a weed sometimes!

23 Jan, 2012

 

You nailed that one Tommymoo. :o)

23 Jan, 2012

 

Meanie, this iris is very strange, at least to my eyes, because it seems it spreads by seeds (but I'm not 100% sure). Last year I saw brown seed pods coming out from the bottom of the leaves, maybe in summer, and there are loads of tiny seedlings around the clump. Weird thing!

23 Jan, 2012

 

Alex, I inherited these irises and thought they were weeds! A peony grows at the same place, and I tried to get rid of the grass-looking things to protect the peony but I couldn't because it was merely impossible to pull out only the irises. That was lucky in retrospect :o)

23 Jan, 2012

 

LOL....I pulled this clump out thinking "need to keep this part clear for the bulbs underneath" Oh well, live and learn and then make mistakes again...

24 Jan, 2012

 

So you had the same one as mine maybe? Did yours bear seed pods?

25 Jan, 2012

 

Yeap, the same as yours Tommymoo.

I didn't see any seed pods last year.

26 Jan, 2012

 

Maybe the seed pods I saw were NOT the irises'.

26 Jan, 2012



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