Re: Spurias & Linda Mann
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Spurias & Linda Mann
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 15:27:47 -0400
In a message dated 96-08-09 20:06:16 EDT, Linda Mann wrote...
> I'm
>afraid we are pretty uniformly tb addicts.
>
>
I like TBs, and grow quite a few...BUT, in neglecting the other types it is a
real loss for those who do so. Siberians are my favorite landscaping
plant...they are almost perfect. Spurias are wonderful cut flowers...and TBs
aren't usually in bloom at spuria time. Louisianas are marvelous for wet
areas, and partial shade. Tectorum and I. graminea are idea for shade
gardens. MTBs are delightful any place, put much better than TBs for
confined spaces, townhouse gardens, etc...because they don't take up much
space...and they also are perfect for bouquets and arrangements.
Japanese, if one even grows only one, will bloom when all others are finished
(except reblooming bearded irises) and knock people's eyes out! Of course
the dwarfs, both miniature and standard, are blooming a month or so before
the TBs. And the intermediates fill the gap, and are nice for arrangements
to. If you can grow arilbreds, even in a pot, they may have fewer flowers,
or even just one, but what a spectacle. I keep trying to grow Pacific Coast
Natives, and have succeeded for a while with a couple species, and with the
cultivar BIG MONEY. And species of all types are interesting and useful in
the landscape.
So, those who stick with just tall bearded irises lose a lot it seems to me.
It seems to me that more and more people are broadening out into different
types of irises...and I surely hope even more people do in the future.
Clarence Mahan in VA
