Re: SPEC: CULT: Setosa parameter
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SPEC: CULT: Setosa parameter
- From: D* K*
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 13:20:06 -0400
>In a message dated 4/24/00 7:09:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, hagg@alaska.net
>writes:
>
><< Does anyone on this list grow them in a warmer zone or know of
> someone who does, or lives in zone 8, but for whom this species doesn't
> survive? Thanks in advance...... you can respond off-list if you'd rather.
> >>
>
>Kathy,
> 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.
I'm not far from Mark's Kentucky location, but setosas do fabulously here
in Cincinnati. I give them some noon shade, and extra water, and they love
it.
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html
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