Re: Why JI's in pots? (fwd)


On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 CEMahan@aol.com wrote:

> >So keeping them in pots is only for newly bought irises while
> >they grow roots. Then they go in the soil for overwintering?
> 
> You can grow them in pots all year round if you wish...they don't have to go
> into the garden at all...it's your choice

	I am no expert in growing Japanese irises  (having been at it a
	scant three years) but I would not plant JI's or any of my plants
	outside in pots overwinter.....up here in Zone 3 where the temps 
	reach 40 degrees F. below zero. I want them snug in the ground
	with a good mulch and covered with our bountiful snow.

	I have had clay pots that were outside on the patio almost 
	disintegrate (probably wrong word for what happened to them) -
	they were not usable anyway...they sort of just broke and were in
	pieces. I don't think plastic would give the sort of protection
	the JI's need - maybe a down jacket could be wrapped around the
	pots. :>)

	Ellen Gallagher  (who thinks she is lucky to grow any wonderful
			  flowers here in the No. White Mts. of New 
			  Hampshire) USDA Zone 3 - where we are still
			  having a `little' Japanese bloom
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