Re: SPEC: CULT: Setosa parameter
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SPEC: CULT: Setosa parameter
- From: D* &* K* H*
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 23:40:02 -0800
- References: <98.43430a5.26364530@aol.com>
BigAlligator@aol.com wrote:
> Summer temperatures may have something to do with this too. I tried
> Iris setosa twice in Kentucky, and lost it both times, and that was in
> USDA
> Zone 5/6. I reached the conclusion that hot nights in the summer were a
> contributing factor to this species' demise. There is no way Iris setosa
>
> would survive in USDA Zone 8b Florida, but the related species Iris
> tridentata looks good now.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> BigAlligator@aol.com
> Dunnellon, Florida USA USDA Zone 8b, Sunset Zone 28
Good Evening Mark -
Your comment about summer heat was interesting in regard to the AHS zone
map I mentioned to Walter. He lives in zone 7/8 and in roughly zone 8 or 9
of the AHS map, Kentucky was shown as 6, 7 or 8. Why these plants would
grow for him, but not in your area of Kentucky is a mystery, but one which
one reads about all the time on this list.
I notice you also use the Sunset zones, for which I haven't found a listing
for Alaska or Florida. Am I missing out on something good?
Also, thanks for the info. I would have been extremely surprised to hear
that you grew them in Florida :-) I'm sure setosa don't like your
alligators.
Kathy Haggstrom
Anch, AK/zone 3
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