Re: SPEC: I. verna in Florida
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- Subject: Re: SPEC: I. verna in Florida
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- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:19:52 -0400
From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
>
> Iris verna is successful here in a rather dry site under pines and
azaleas.
> The soil is a sort of sandy clay derived from schist and quartzite and
the
> site gets quite dry in the summer. Conversely, verna planted in
decidious
> woods in richer soil lasted only one year.
> Gardens of the Blue Ridge, in Robbinsville NC, is a good source for Iris
verna.
> Don Jacobs' Eco Gardens also lists a white form.
> For Florida, especially the peninsula,I would suspect that locally
> collected material would be best, however.
Rodney and Bill,
Thank you for the information on this plant. The soil here is sandy,
and I have Pines and Azaleas...
I am sure it would be better to get this type of plant from a Florida
source if possible. There is a native plant nursery in Alachua that I am
interested in checking out some time. There is another in Spring Hill, but
that is on the Gulf of Mexico, and is a solid Zone 9 Climate, so I could
encounter hardiness problems that way I fear.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida. USDA Zone 8/9 Frost Pocket.
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