Re: Pacificas in VA
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Pacificas in VA
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 18:34:15 -0400
In a message dated 96-04-09 15:37:47 EDT, you write:
>Hi Clarence and everyone: Have you ever tried to grow I. douglasiana?
>Supposedly it is more forgiving of Eastern U.S. and other conditions than
>other Pacificas and is a "garden animal" here, surviving even in a
>summer-irrigated perennial bed with fairly heavy clayey soil. I am also
>curious to know if the Cal-Sibes do for you- some of them are pretty jazzy!
Yes, I have grown I. douglasiana and I. tenax from seed. Douglasiana did
o.k, but I have lost it now. In my previous message I was referring to the
modern hybrid PCNs rather than the species. The only 40 chromosome Siberian
that ever flourished for me was VARIED BUNTING, and after 4 years up and died
(a huge clump all died!). (I have kept I. forrestii and wilsonii alive for a
couple of years, but never flowered them.) I have read and been told that
this is not an unusual experience with these type except in very specific
locations, e.g. Pacific Northwest. As for the Cal-Sibes, I have tried a
number of times but have not succeeded more than a year. Clarence Mahan in
northern Virginia
