Re: Spuria?
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Spuria?
- From: t*@lanl.gov (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 09:54:18 -0600
:Do people in zone 5 or 6 grow Spuria Iris? It don't seem so.
:
I live on the cold side of zone 6, and I grow them here without difficulty.
I think winter cold is not much of a problem for them, but they do
like hot, dry summers and (unlike most other beardless irises) they
*don't* need a woodsy, acid soil. I think it is for these reasons
that spurias are especially popular in California and the southwest.
These areas also happen to have mild winters, but that is not a
requirement for growing spurias.
Happy irising, Tom.
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Tom Tadfor Little tlittle@lanl.gov -or- telp@Rt66.com
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