Pacific
Coast Iris
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| Pacific Coast Iris is the name commonly used to describe
the hybrids that occur between the seven different species that grow from
Washington through California. These photographs show hybrids that Charles
Price created, by the use of a paint brush in moving pollen from one parent
to another. Some of the iris here are in a partially shaded environment,
they get winter sunlight through the deciduous trees. Others are in a more
open, sunny setting. Plants in both areas perform well. The key is to not
give them much summer watering and to make sure that they don't sit in water
in the winter. In Washington we often see them growing on roadside cuts.
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