Re: CULT:clover and irises

>suffered winter losses but not in the weed infested beds.  We understand the
>weeds will act as a mulch protecting the iris from the freeze-thaw cycles of
>early spring.  I guess the question is why are these irises doing so well when
>the culture goes against everything we have been taught as being best for the
>iris?

I demand an answer to this question to!  :)

My neighbors have had TB irises for decades under an 1" or 2" of mulch, and
keeps them under the shade of their pine trees.  It just doesn't make any
sense but they still bloom!

Okay...here's an ethical question for you all.  This spring I noticed that
a couple of rhizomes from my neighbor's yard have spread under the chainlink
fence into my yard.  Am I allowed to split them up and give them a good home
in my flower bed?  Well, I'm going to do it anyway!!!  :)  Obviously they
want to be with me if they're running away from my neighbors.

Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: Hybridizing Arilbreds, Raising Native Ohio Species Irises
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