Re: Spec: I. Pumila....was CULT: hot nights
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- Subject: Re: Spec: I. Pumila....was CULT: hot nights
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 00:07:54 -0600 (MDT)
Janice Stocks wrote:
>
> Lloyd Zurbrigg wrote:
> >>>Members of iris-L should be told that I pumila and its
> >>>derivatives do not like hot climates. If anyone can tell me how to grow
> >>>it like you grow it, (SUSLIK), I would be ever so grateful.
>
> What does the above statement mean & how do us newbies figure this out?
> Thanks,
> Janice Stocks
> Baytown,TX
> zone 9
Janice,
I. Pumila is a minature dwarf species iris. It's distribution in nature
is eastern Europe thru parts of Russia. This species normally needs
very cold winters to perform well in a garden, hence the above problems
Mr. Zurbrigg is experiencing in his zone 7 garden. Suslik is a selected
clone(an individual with unique features from the normal) of I.
Pumila.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California
Zone 8
