Re: SIB - True landscape Iris
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- Subject: Re: SIB - True landscape Iris
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 17:12:48 -0700 (MST)
On Sat, 20 Dec 1997, rimat wrote:
> RMTURLEY wrote:
> >
> > Dear John Coble,
> >
> > <<Siberian iris are the only iris that can be recommended to a landscaper for
> > use in landscaping a perennial planting.>>
> >
> > >From the stand point of total plant (both flowering, foliage & adaptablity)
> > you are absolutely correct!! If Iris pseudacorus has any floral beauty to it
> > then it would be #1 !!!! But it isn't!
> >
> > Robert Turley
> > Lake Charles, LA
> > zone 9a
>
> I. Pseudacorus is gorgeous, filled with blooms, graceful in the breeze,
> stays green all summer, reflects fabulously in the pond, and doesn't
> give me a second's worth of trouble. wish I could say that for the rest
> of my flowers, other irises included. Need I say more? yes, it's #1.
> Rima terra@catskill.net
> upstate ny zone 4
>
I would favor pseudacorus over Siberian too, Rima.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
