Re: SPEC: Iris pseudacorus.canna
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- Subject: Re: SPEC: Iris pseudacorus.canna
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 07:46:33 -0600 (MDT)
william b. cook wrote:
>
> Today, at the Kanapaha Botanical Garden in Gainesville [Florida], I
> saw a very large planting of Iris pseudacorus in full bloom. It was all
> the common yellow single form, but the blooms were so large. The plants
> were growing in and beside a small pond. there were Cannas growing IN
> the water. I didn't know that Cannas could grow and bloom with the
> rhizomes totally submerged.
Hi mark--
Up here in the frozen north we grow the kind of pseuds yo mean -- big
clumps in the water, large blooms and very floriferous. We also grow
cannas in tubs in the water and take them in in the fall. they are
great looking.
Rima terra@catskill.net
upstate ny zone 4
