Re: Re: CULT: iris companion plants

While we keep our main stock in rows we do in our display gardens have
things like roses, buddleia, lavender etc growing in the background. Around
our wetter areas with with the La and Sibs we grow daylilies. Makes for a
more complete looking garden.

Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills AUST
zone 8/9

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
To: "iris- talk" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 12:02 AM
Subject: [iris] Re: CULT: iris companion plants


> My experience has been similar to Donald's.  I think we share an
> interest in cultivars that do well in spite of our different, but
> difficult, climates/growing conditions.  I also want iris cultivars that
> tolerate a lot of companions & mulch.
>
> Nearly all of my irises are now in "corn" type rows now.  It was just
> too difficult to keep them alive and blooming well in mixed beds.  But
> there are a lot of self sowing Matricaria type daisies, some self-sowing
> larkspurs and am experimenting with self sowing orange and yellow cosmos
> as companion plants among the rows.  These plants can be very aggressive
> with a lot of rain like we had this past year (over 60 inches total) but
> battling weeds with nice flowers is sort of nice.
>
> Depending on soil, climate, and care, many cultivars (may?) do better
> without companions, but might not be affected too badly by companions.
> Just have to try it and see.
>
> There have been discussions about companion plants over the years.  If
> the search engine for archived messages is working again, might be worth
> browsing (see below for link).
>
> Donald said:
> <How a plant does here seems
>                    dependent on its natural proclivities for growth and
> the specific location,
>                    but not whether the location has companion plants or
> not.>
>
> --
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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