Re: TB Photo: GUATEMALA

 

Hi Beverly, I'm in zone 9 also, specifically 9a. I really haven't had much trouble growing tall bearded irises here. The summers are tough on the irises here, but otherwise they do very well. There are many Arizona (zone 9) iris growers. What state/country are you in? I've heard just south of our border (like in Mexico - an hours drive away) tall beardeds are hard to grow. A few will, but not many. I'm not sure why.
 
In your situation - I wonder if it's the PH of your soil?? Possibly a soil test would be a good idea.
 
~ Margie V.
Oro Valley, AZ.
 
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From: f*@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] TB Photo: GUATEMALA

 

Hi Margie: What ag. zone are you in? I would love to grow "regular"
irises but my zone (9) seems to preclude anything but Spurias, Dietes,
Ungulacaris, etc. I do have a yellow iris, TB, that blooms very early
here and a purple that blooms a little later. The pictures many
publish just make me drool but I know I cannot grow them. Thanks
Beverly A.

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Margie Valenzuela<IrisLady@comcast.net> wrote:
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> This is GUATEMALA................A 2005 Tom Johnson Introduction. Unusual.
>
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> It is listed as an early bloomer, but it blooms mid-season for me.  It could
> be that it just seems to be a midseason bloomer to me, because I'm working
> with quite a few V VE, VE to E varieties in my crosses. Our weather is
> usually warm enough to have irises bloom in late February, or early March,
> but there are just not many of those V VE irises that exist. Part of my
> hybridizing efforts is to create more of these irises so those of us in the
> warm southern states can experience a longer bloom season. The biggest
> drawback for introducing irises that bloom this early in the season is that
> many of them are usually long past 'their bloom season' by the time the Iris
> Treks or AIS Conventions are in full swing. So <alas> they are rarely seen
> by the public.
>
> ~ Margie V.
> Oro Valley, AZ.
>
>

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