Re: Status Seeker was Reblooming iris


From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>

Hi Jan

I found STATUS SEEKER fussy too.  I've had it four or five years and
last year was the first year that it did well -- and it had only been
moved about six feet into a slightly sunnier spot.

Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)


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> From: 	Jan Clark[SMTP:janclarx@hotmail.com]
> Reply To: 	iris-talk@onelist.com
> Sent: 	Wednesday, August 05, 1998 6:25 PM
> To: 	iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: 	[iris-talk] Re: Reblooming iris
> 
> From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
> 
> Merrily wrote:
> >In my garden, BEST BET has been a disappointment....<snip>..... What 
> garden culture magic could I try to at least bring it from pathetic to
> 
> respectable?   
> 
> It might like a change of scenery and position. Perhaps you could try 
> pulling it out, trimming its roots (if it has any) and planting it in
> a 
> pot of excellent soil until it shows signs of establishing itself. 
> Status Seeker has been malingering here for 18 months, and I have very
> 
> recently given it this treatment. It had scorch, and the four tiny new
> 
> growths were struggling to survive, so they are now being 
> 'molly-coddled' in their pots.
> I do not give up in a hurry, having had cv's do very poorly in one
> part 
> of my garden and outstandingly well in another.
> Others may be able to offer better solutions. 
> Cheers, Jan Clark
> 
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