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csziggy

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8. I have some flowers called walking iris

Fri Jan 1, 2016, 04:11 PM

Jan 2016

They bloom on the end of a long flexible stem. The flower weighs down the stem so that it touches the ground, then roots grow at the contact point. A new plant will grow at that point and the old flower stem dries up. They can "walk" all over your garden if you're not careful!

They are an attractive plant but unfortunately they are not cold hardy enough for our coldest winters here in North Florida. I'm not sure if I have any left - if I do they have not bloomed for the last several years.
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