Companion plants
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Companion plants
- From: K* B* <k*@baker.cnw.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 22:24:02 -0700 (PDT)
On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, pollywog wrote:
> And I'm curious--what do you plant with your iris, to provide color when
> the early foliage starts to wilt?
> Carol
This subject came up a few weeks ago and there were a number of
suggestions you might find helpful; maybe you can get the messages from
the archives??
For myself, in past years I have kept other plants out of the iris
beds, hoping to make keeping the weeds down a little easier. No such
luck, I'm afraid! So, this year I put Cosmos in between the iris, and they
have been just wonderful -- nice big healthy plants, feathery foilage, an
abundance of blooms and much to my surprise, very few weeds! Probably
because the Cosmos grows so fast the weeds don't have a chance. So far,
the iris plants look fine so I don't think they mind sharing their space.
At Schreiner's display garden in Salem, they have planted Lupines down
the middle of their beds, and sometimes edge them with Pansies or
Iceland Poppies. Guess it all depends on how much of a purist you are;
some people just don't like to have anything else in with the iris. I am
planning to put Cosmos everywhere next year!
Kay, in the Skagit Valley of Washington State
