Re: Re: Spurias: clump

Linda  --  I only have a couple of spurias -- OLINDA and ADRIATIC BLUE.
They don't seem to be bothered by the humidity here, and we have at least as
much as you.  ADRIATIC BLUE declined to nothing but a shoot from a
subterranean piece of increase the first year it was planted here, and has
come back to a healthy plant in two years.  OLINDA had no trouble at all.
The clumps behave about the same as TBs, but are half-again taller than most
of the TBs.  They don't muscle other stuff out the way the Louisianas do.
OLINDA sets seed like crazy.  The flowering wasn't as much as I expected
this year, but I attribute that to the extremely rainy weather we had.
Other than that, they're doing nicely.  I encourage you to try some.  --
Griff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
To: "iris photos" <iris-photos@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 1:33 PM
Subject: [iris-photos] Re: Spurias: clump


> Colleen said:
> <They don't like humid wet summers, does that rule you out? They are
> very  tolerant of summer-dry soils,..>
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> It might - depends on the year!  We've had summers that have almost been
> rain free, tho humidity usually stays pretty high.  This summer, it
> seemed to rain an inch to several inches every few days through most of
> the summer.  It finally quit raining in late August (? I think).
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> Soil drainage is never a problem out in the gravelly part of the garden,
> but if they are prone to diseases that thrive with high humidity, they
> probably wouldn't do well here.
>
> Anybody in the southeastern US in wetter areas than Donald Eaves trying
> to grow Spurias?  Walter, Bill, Janet?  Anybody in Region 7?
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> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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