Texas Gardening: Texas Roundup TRADING LIST, 1 by throneofyord

throneofyord wrote:
Josephine, 12 would be wonderful. Keep in mind that for 12 elderberry plants my DW would be happy for us to fill your truckbed with Iris. I have a lot of fabulous iris, some that my father never got around to naming. He was quite a hybridizer in his day. He made his name hybridizing waterlilies, but he really loved the Louisiana iris.
The ideal environment for an Iris is damp ground under oaks that shed their leaves in the winter. That being said, they can be quite tough. I regularly throw cull iris up on the banks. Sometimes they live despite being tossed onto high and dry ground. I have some survivors that are quite lovely and will take anything you throw at them. The one that my wife calls Churchill is a lovely smaller blue. It has survived total neglect for years.