CULT: Witches Wand problems again

From: "Sterling Okase" <sterling_o@hotmail.com>


>From: <Irisborer@aol.com>
 
> I remember hearing it's a poor goer in some areas.  I think Kathy 
Guest was
> saying she can't keep it alive in New York.  Well, despite the bad rep 
it
> seems to have, I've added it to my garden this year.
 
>Witches Wand is a stunning iris - I can tell by the pictures (:
 
>I can't grow it.  This does not necessarily mean it's a poor 
grower..... might
>be a "poor grower" of the two-legged kind behind the problem.    But 
I've
>tried and I've tried.... and then I've tried to sneak around the issue 
by
>growing irises with the same stunning colors, by the same breeder.... 
and
>nada.  
 
>Interesting that one would grow next to one that won't.  
 
I too grow (or try to grow) Witch's Wand. I have had it for at least 
three years and all it ever did was put up small, green onion-like 
increase. Last year it put up a wimpy stalk with about 4 flowers  and 
again put up wimpy increase. I moved it to a different location and this 
year it didn't bloom but I  have one very large increase ( which is not 
saying much) and it sure looks much happier than in years past. I am 
hoping if I leave it undisturbed it will continue to be happy and maybe 
some year in the near future it will bloom again for me. Why do I put up 
with this?

P.S. Last  year ...being thoroughly disgusted with WW's performance I 
dug it up and threw it in the waste can......only to fish it out a few 
minutes later.....to plant it in it's present location.......perhaps the 
serious threat of becoming worm food did the trick....WHO KNOWS!!!

Iris Maniac,
Sterling (not Innerst)
Seattle, WA. Zone 8
AIS, KCIS, HIPS and MIS
sterling_o@hotmail.com


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