Re: CULT: SPEC: Candy Lilies in pots

Mark:
   Have been growing Candy Lilies in pots for a couple of years. Of 
course this is NJ and is quite different from where you are. However, 
they seem to love the pots, grow into a nice clump, and flower well.
I grow them from seed, and do not thin. I like the clump look and 
they don't mind being squeezed into a tight pot. I water well, and 
they like it  moister than iris.
The pots  go into the garage for the winter, where it is cold but not 
freezing. Sometimes I forget them outside and they freeze up; they do 
not seem to mind this abuse. They do NOT like being brought indoors 
in the fall. Another curious thing: the flowers are always a shade of 
pink; the seeds came from the ones in the garden, but they are always 
orange/red/yellow, never pink.
Laetitia


--- In iris-talk@y..., "Hensler" <hensler@p...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <BigAlligator@a...>
> 
> >Some of the plants, which were grown from Christy
> > Hensler's seed, have been doing well in a partly shaded location 
in the
> frost
> > pocket.  Those I will leave be.
> >      However, in the summer of 1998, I got a couple Candy Lilies 
from a
> > market in Gainsville, FL.  Those did not do well in the ground.
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> It's all in the genes. I killed all of the weaker ones so only 
those which
> could thrive with near neglect under some of the nastiest 
conditions were
> left to breed. :-)
> 
> I have, on occasion, grown the P. norrisii in pots so I could drag 
them
> inside if winter moved in early. They seem to like damp but well 
drained
> soil. Treating them like my zygos worked beautifully... I just 
watered and
> fed them by filling a large tray under the pot.
> 
> Christy
> 35 degrees this morning. Ouch.


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