Re: dry or wet?
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: dry or wet?
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:41:34 -0400
In a message dated 96-08-14 21:17:19 EDT, you write:
> need help interpreting the books. Hopefully I will soon have
>some spurias, an I. carthaliniae and an I. halophila, on my doorstep.
>The general advice on spurias says to give them a well-drained soil,
>but Mathew says carthaliniae grows in the "wet habitats in the southern
>Caucasus" and halophila in "low-lying wet meadows, o
Jim, I grow I. carthaliniae quite successfully in the garden, along with JIs
and Siberians, and give it no special treatment. It is very easy to grow
here in Virginia and makes no special demands. One year it even gave me a
bloom stalk in September. Clarence Mahan in VA
