Re: CULT: Easter and Irises Old and New
- Subject: Re: [iris] CULT: Easter and Irises Old and New
- From: Ellen Gallagher e*@yahoo.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 07:19:25 -0700 (PDT)
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
--- Jeff and Carolyn Walters <jcwalters@bridgernet.com> wrote:
>>> I left the remnants of dozens of clumps of TBs, BBs, and IBs
that I dug up and divided last summer (with whatever soil clung
to the roots when I lifted them) lying on the top of the ground
over the winter. As far as I can see all of these came through
the winter in great shape. As I was doing garden cleanup over
the weekend, I noticed that the division of WABASH I replanted
last summer were all rather sorry looking, so I hunted up the
unplanted remnant of the clump I had divided. It looked ten
times better than the divisions I had replanted, so I dug a hole
and popped it back in the ground! <<<
Wow. Sandra and Jeff, are you onto something for cold climate
gardening? I will try and 'not' plant some divisions in 2003 and
see what happens.
Ellen ( ...why plant, throw on the ground - I like it ;-)
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Ellen Gallagher <ellengalla@yahoo.com> / Berlin, New Hampshire / USDA Zone 3a
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