Mary Sue wrote: "It's been a glorious year for Iris douglasiana where I live which has been blooming for months and months, in some instances in masses." With the exception of Iris unguicularis, I'm pretty sure every iris I grow has a very restricted period of bloom - heavily budded stalks might provide a week and a half of bloom. I had no idea the West Coast irises bloomed for a matter of months. Is that typical of them as a group? That suggests that they have much greater garden value than I suspected. Jim McKenneyMontgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where Jasminum officinale is in bloom. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/