Re: Hardiness of Species Irises

 



Sean,
 
Though few species survived a 3-year period of neglect and drought in my garden, and there was room for even fewer in the "water feature" Cliff & I put in 2 years ago, the following list of irises were potted and spent the entire 2 winters there. All of them love it.
 
Our "water feature" is an old water trough, roughly 1,000 gallons, with a cosmetic cedar facing. It sits on top of the ground with a stock tank heater in addition to the recycling pump for the comfort of the goldfish. Meltwater and rain are channeled in via a catch system tied to the rain gutters on the house. Last winter we dropped to the -20s but we had more than our share of snow. The fountain in the pond resembled a mini-water-volcano.
 
Assorted LAs including Black Gamecock (I'll need to wait for the others to bloom before an identification is possible)
I. fulva dwarf
'Alley Oops' (from a few starts this has increased to the point where it's trying to climb the sides of the 18" pot) 
'Chance Beauty' and 2 of her seedlings
I. pseudacorus
'Jin Yu'
'Holdens Child'
 
Christy Hensler
 
Newport, WA
zone 4b
----- Original Message -----
From: z*@umich.edu
 
•some species enjoy being sumberged in water during the growing season 
but can't tolerate being frozen in it (I'd like to see a list of 
species that can take being completely frozen in a pond)

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