Re: CULT: of AR: and AR: SPEC: any REF: ?

From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)

>From: FRich93359@aol.com
>
>I just received my shipment of irises from pleasure iris gardens.  They
>specialize in Arils and arilbreds.  I asked them for advice on what to order
>and they told me to order and if what I ordered would not survive in USDA ZONE
>6 they would switch it.  Well my order arrived all plants that I requested,
>with extras, and the sheet that was with them was the one that was in their
>catalog.  I need to know more about the plants.  I also received a oncocylus
>species plant I. atropurpurea.  I need to know how to plant it.  I am not new
>to irises but I am new to arils.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I
>have 97 types of irises, including 33 species.
>
>thanks,
>Carl F. Richard

Grrrr...you are beating me.  I only have about 20 species, but I have 140
cultivars.  :)  I, too, am in Zone 6 and I just received some arils.  I
planted all my 100% arils and 3/4-breds in 25 quart containers filled with
quick draining cactus soil.  I have no idea if this will work, but I know
that the pure arils would die in my regular garden.

I would recommend that you do something similar with any arils or 3/4-breds
you have.  The 1/2-breds and 1/4-breds sould do okay in regular garden
conditions.

Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: Arilbreds, Rebloomers, and Native Ohio Species Irises



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