Re: TBs:CULT
From: Gordon & Loraine Nicholson <iris4u@pacbell.net>
Julia Rankin wrote:
>
> I have a friend who lives in San Francisco who tells me her iris are
> always 'bent and twining'. I assume they are TBs and that she has no
> idea what cvs they are. I do wonder why she would have that experience
> --fog?-- and whether she would have better luck if she went out and
> got some modern cvs?
>
> Any information appreciated.
>
> Julia in the Lower Sierra Nevada wher we had a wonderful blizzard over
> night and a couple of inches of snow. Bad because I was going to go
> visit my Grandkids today, with fresh baked cookies and candy -- good
> in every other way.
>
>
> Julia
>
Are the iris reaching for the sun?? Did she use too much nitrogen?? or
as you ask, would she do better with more modern varieties? I would
suspect the first two reasons more then the third. Lorraine at Woodland
iris gardens where the frost is heavy.
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