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Post by biglakebass on May 16, 2017 8:22:46 GMT -6
What is this?
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Post by westbranch on May 16, 2017 9:19:09 GMT -6
I am thinking blue flag iris.
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Post by biglakebass on May 16, 2017 9:25:31 GMT -6
The only thing that makes me wonder is the habitat for that Habitat: part shade, sun; wet meadows, marshes, along shores
These are growing in a ditch no where close to a wetland. West facing slope in the wide open so getting the blast furnace heat of the sun for the hottest part of the day.
the ditch and hillside are full of them.
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Post by smsmith on May 16, 2017 10:08:06 GMT -6
Blue flag would have been my first guess too, but given the description of where they're growing I'd guess some type of domestic iris that have "escaped"
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Post by biglakebass on May 16, 2017 10:10:11 GMT -6
That would be very possible. On the top of the ditch sits the farmstead my grandpa was born in......
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Post by smsmith on May 16, 2017 10:12:48 GMT -6
Domestic iris are super tough. I brought some here from my old place. They sat in plastic tubs in the back of my pickup for 6 hours during a hot spring day, then sat in those same tubs outside for a few hot days before I got them planted. They not only survived, they have expanded exponentially.
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Post by biglakebass on May 16, 2017 10:16:09 GMT -6
wife told me to dig some up and bring home. The ditch looks awesome with all that purple.
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Post by biglakebass on May 16, 2017 10:17:37 GMT -6
Get this as a side note. across the road in the ditch on the other side is wild asparagus.... I checked that this weekend... some a hole dug them all up. Dug down just 6 inches and took them all. only 2 spots had a single sprig coming up. I hope they arent killed.
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