Re: PCI

>  Some  seedlings are too close and must be transplanted.
>
>James Harrison
>Asheville

Which species are you growing?  They vary in their requirements as 
they are native from mid-Washington to mid-California. In general, 
they are not happy movers.

Here, north of their native range, but with the same rainy winter/dry 
summer climate they are adapted to, I break up established clumps and 
pot them (for sale) after the rains begin, from October to December. 
(Later would be OK too.)  Clumps can be dug and transplanted in 
spring or early summer if they can be watered regularly the first 
summer, but breaking up a clump at this time results in heavy losses.

Your climate is very different from ours, though.

SPCNI, the Society for Pacific Coast Native Iris, has a few members 
who live out of the usual areas for successful growing (the Pacific 
coast of North America, England, New Zealand).  You could post a 
request for information on the website: 
http://www.pacificcoastiris.org/framesoc.html

-- 
Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil


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