On 20/3/08 23:38, in article , "Bob
Hobden" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote

I think it would help him to look at some Google Images of different Iris.
There are, after all, some that grow in water! Iris sibirica like dry
conditions.

I had better not tell that to those I've had in my pond for 25 years. :-)

Have I muddled them up? I thought they liked dry but now I'm going to have
to check. We have some on the corner of a well-drained wall!

Iris confusa likes to be fairly moist. I suppose it could be
that in which case, lucky him!

Or the beautiful Iris laevigata which can also be a bog plant.

Some links for the OP to look at
http://www.ensata.com/HTML/PlantPages/species_&_bog.htm

http://www.lilieswatergardens.co.uk/index.asp (and do a Search for Iris)


I do love bearded Iris and my only complaint about them is that when they're
over, they' *so* over which, as they like to be baked makes them hard to
disguise with other plants around them.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'