Re: kiddie pools for japanese iris
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: kiddie pools for japanese iris
- From: l*@juno.com
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 11:28:39 -0600 (MDT)
On Wed, 6 Aug 1997 22:57:57 -0600 (MDT) Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan
<randrcv@sierratel.com> writes:
>rimat wrote:
>>
>> I have been told (and I could be wrong becaue I am new at this) that
>> Japanese Iris do not like to be in standing water. I hope someone
>> expert at this posts pertinent info to the list. I do know that they
>> like lots of mosture and I put mine in a bog garden (which is pretty
>> dried out now in our drought).
>>
>
>I have to agree with Rima. My Japanese are basically in a bog garden.
>
>(Actually a regular bed watered by bubblers that keep the ground wet
>at
>all times). They share this bed with Siberians and Louisianas. I
>also
>use decorative pine bark mulch to hold in the moisture. Using the
>mulch
>I only have to water twice a week, even during our over 100 degree
>heat.
>All these iris thrive and bloom very nicely.
>
>Rick Tasco
>Superstition Iris Gardens
>Central California
>Zone 8
>
Mine, as well as at least some of the JI in the local botanical garden,
are kept in standing water year-round. They do great. My mother's, in
southern middle TN (Zone 7), has them planted in just a low, semi-boggy
area in the ground. Hers also grow and bloom profusely. I have heard
that being in standing water in a place with hard winter freezes makes JI
unhappy, but I don't know for sure.
Lynn Woosley
Marietta, GA
USDA Zone 8
