Re: CULT: New Iris acquisitions, I. unguicularis
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- Subject: Re: CULT: New Iris acquisitions, I. unguicularis
- From: w* <w*@concentric.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 21:12:17 -0600 (MDT)
Rodney Barton wrote:
> unguicularis
>
> > What hasn't been discussed and
> I think they prefer, is a dry and I mean bone dry summer. At least
> that
> is what they get here and I imagine what they get in the wild.
>
> Do they go summer dormant? My I ung. is in it's first summer here
> and looks seriously dead.
In Roswell NM, ours stayed green all summer, but we watered them on a
regular basis, for one hour, twice a week. We had very porous soil and
high water bills. They started blooming in Feburary, even in the snow.
Wayne & Leslie Jobe
now Omaha NE.
