Re: Iris albicans and Arilbreds in Zone 3

--- In iris-species@yahoogroups.com, "Will Plotner" <gardens@m...> 
wrote:
 
> Is your soil 'heavy clay' where the water stands around the roots of 
the Iris?  If so you should try to make a raised bed to help with the 
drainage as most iris (with some exceptions like good drainage and 
will rot if left in standing water. <

Will,  I have almost all my irises planting in high raised beds.. out 
of the hundreds of irises I grow, I think these albicans and 5 of the 
arilbreds are the only 'new' ones I lost this year. I have 
successfully 1/4 Arilbreds before in this zone - different cultivars.




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