Re: CULT: shaved rhizomes?
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- Subject: Re: CULT: shaved rhizomes?
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 15:40:36 -0600 (MDT)
Irisborer@aol.com wrote:
>
> Linda.... actually, you're right! We stack rocks or bricks on them until
> they're anchored. This also is a good remedy if your iris gets heaved during
> the winter... keeps it in contact with the soil until things settle down.
You know I get this image of folks in the hard winter areas waking in
the middle of the spring night to the sound of irises boinging up out of
the ground. And if the stone wasn't heavy enough, having to duck as the
pieces of rock go ricocheting off the window glass...
Gives a whole new meaning to spring flowers "popping" out of the ground.
Add that to all the snow avalanching off their roof, and I don't know
how they ever get any sleep.
:>)))
Had a visitor from Maine stop by our club booth today and buy a bunch of
iris to take home with her. Honest! Told her she would finally have a
use for all that rock in her garden...
Boy, do I know I am going to hear about this one...
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
