Iris almost 7 feet tall in bloom

jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,612	Iris almost 7 feet tall in bloom May 2, 2014 14:11:03 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on May 2, 2014 14:11:03 GMT -5 Yellow Flag(Iris Pseudacorus) showing off. Very large Iris removed from a water mitigation site in California. Growing in about a foot of water.

drocknut no longer being taken for granite I'd rather be rockhounding Member since December 2008 Posts: 8,189	Iris almost 7 feet tall in bloom May 2, 2014 15:38:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by drocknut on May 2, 2014 15:38:19 GMT -5 Pretty flowers, they seem to be thriving there.
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grayfingers Cave Dweller Member since November 2007 Posts: 4,575	Iris almost 7 feet tall in bloom May 2, 2014 15:57:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grayfingers on May 2, 2014 15:57:03 GMT -5 I am a Iris lover. Amazing how they are found in so many different environments. Are those the type that remove heavy metals?
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Post by jamesp on May 2, 2014 17:00:28 GMT -5

Cattails are probably best for heavy metal removal Bill. Simply because of their biological mass production. These iris would have a similar effect once established.
The iris have an advantage in that they can treat effluents 365 days out of the year as opposed to cattails that go thru a dormancy.
Have planted mitigation wetlands for:
Nitrates from bomb pollution
Chicken egg processing effluent
aluminum and copper mine runoff
Sewage treatment
Gas station run off
Silt catchment ponds
Retention ponds
Red Cross blood treatment effluent
Commercial parking lot runoff
And some places that are best not mentioned or forgotten.

jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,612	Iris almost 7 feet tall in bloom May 2, 2014 17:40:37 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on May 2, 2014 17:40:37 GMT -5 May 2, 2014 15:38:19 GMT -5 drocknut said: Pretty flowers, they seem to be thriving there. those things are weeds Diane. they grow in water or on top of a hill.

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