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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Black Iris Sprouting!



My black iris (Iris chrysographes) is sprouting!  I planted five seeds but this is the first, and hopefully not last, to sprout.  I kept the seeds in the fridge in moist paper towel for about a month to stratify them.  After planting this one sprouted in about two weeks.  This variety of iris is semi-aquatic and can't be allowed to dry out as a seedling.  Hopefully within a year or two I'll see the first flowers.  Growing things from seed sure takes time!

1 comment:

  1. Wow, growing Iris from seed, that is really impressive!

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