Re: SPEC: autumn die back


From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>

We have one clump of I. tectorum in full sun and one with dappled shade part
of the day.  Both have done well.  And like Ellen, we have lots of the white
mulch.  Maybe tectorum just doesn't the freeze-thaws that are experienced in
zone 5?

Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)


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> From: 	Ellen Gallagher[SMTP:e_galla@moose.ncia.net]
> Reply To: 	iris-talk@onelist.com
> Sent: 	Wednesday, December 09, 1998 9:39 AM
> To: 	iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: 	[iris-talk] Re: SPEC: autumn die back
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> From: Ellen Gallagher <e_galla@moose.ncia.net>
> 
> 	Dorothy Willott wrote:
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> >I. tectorum does not take winter well in our Zone 5 part of northern
> Ohio.  It
> >probably needs some type of mulch.
> 
> 	I have I. tectorum which came from Mark Cook (when he lived in KY)
> 	and is does well here in Zone 3 with our white mulch. I also have
> 	it in a partly shaded location near our woods. It seems to be very
> 	happy there....bloomed its little head off this year. :)
> 
> 	Ellen
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	"One touch of nature makes
> the
> Ellen Gallagher  /  e_galla@moose.ncia.net		whole world kin"
> Northern New Hampshire, USA    /   Zone 3a
> Lancaster, NH   in  'The Great North Woods'
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