Re: Iris Cristata
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- Subject: Re: Iris Cristata
- From: "* M* C* o* B* S* <s*@aristotle.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 08:25:30 -0600 (MDT)
>Since you mentioned Cristata...
>I finally have a good clump growing... but it worried me that all the stolons
>(<--I'm guessing here) are above the ground. Shall I throw some soil on top
>or assume the plant knows that it's doing??
>
Kathy, cristata growing wild here runs its stolons above ground. I wouldn't
mess with it.
Also, keep in mind that cristata drops its leaves in the winter ... so you
won't embarrass yourself as I did by complaining loud and long to a local
guru that El Nino had killed my babies. Wouldn't you know it, the plants
came miraculously back to life as soon as Spring returned. Then I had to
admit I didn't know nothin'. Hate that.
celia
storey@aristotle.net
Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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257 feet above sea level,
average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons
