Re: Re: CULT: mulch (bearded )

--- Oneofcultivars@aol.com wrote:

>>> The objective here is not cold, frost, or snow protection.
For me the use of mulch is persued first as a weed/grass control
and secondly as a soil conditioner. <<<

Bill - bearded irises don't need cold, frost or snow protection
here. The snow is their protector, our white mulch. Bearded
irises might benefit from mulching in the prairies where the
snow cover might vanish in the middle of winter. Ditto in the
freeze-thaw zones that can uproot the plants. We are usually too
cold here for too long for that to be a problem. Usually. :-)

Ellen (where the gardens are under their white blankets)










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Ellen Gallagher     <ellengalla@yahoo.com>
Berlin, NH/Northern White Mountains/Zone 3
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