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Love the photos of the walking iris, Marianinark. Almost looks like it has a face, in the second shot.
I have a friend who grows them in her yard, down in Alabama. To hear her talk, they almost sound 'invasive.' I wonder if these are what I have seen mass plantings of, and just didn't know what they were called.
I have had irises in my yard(s) everywhere I have ever lived. To me, the bloom is so 'exotic.'
I'm fascinated!!! Tell me more about these walking iris. Where does one get them? Isn't it wonderful to have these beautiful plants to excite us.
Barb, I don't know where you can get one. I was fortunate to have the start given to me by a woman that entered a lot of house plants at a County Fair where I was judging floriculture. She and a friend gave me a big box full of 'goodies' including several differant types of bromeliads. That was several years ago.
Maybe if you do a google search you can find a source to buy them from.
The plant it's self isn't all that interesting, and the flowers are extremely fleeting...each one lasting only one day. They are fragrant. After it blooms it sends out long shoots with plantlets on the ends. Where they reach the soil they grow into a new plant. I filled the big pot it is in by being sure the plantlets contacted the soil.I have other plants in the same pot to add to it's interest.
I can see how they could be invasive in areas where they are hardy.
I finally wized up and set the pot in the livingroom last fall, where my DH and I could watch each bloom open. Before that, I would usually miss them!
Here is another Iris species that I have in several beds. It is a native here, and I got the yard ones from our woods by the bluff. They grow on top of rocks in very shallow soil, and really spread:
Iris cristata
They are low-growing, no more than about 8" tall at the best.
What gorgeous color! Is it the iris, the photo, or the site here?
I can't wait to get these new ones of mine in the ground. I got three varieties from a friend of mine -- purple and white, yellow, and white. I have been working on developing a perennial bed along the driveway, and put in some Stella d'Oro daylilies this past Fall. They have gone crazy. The friend who gave me the irises also gave me some lovely coral, or peach, dayliliies too, so I am just having a grand time planting and playing in the dirt.
I have some Stokesia, or Stokes' aster, but it hasn't bloomed in about three years? I have no clue what's up with it.
The photo you posted, Rainna -- is that what some call a 'walking iris?' Pretty.[/quote]
I don't know what the name is. It was given to me by a friend to go in my pond. They multplied so fast that I now have them in several beds around the yard.
The photo you posted, Rainna -- is that what some call a 'walking iris?' Pretty.
I don't know what the name is. It was given to me by a friend to go in my pond. They multplied so fast that I now have them in several beds around the yard.[/quote]
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That was several years ago.
