Re: Memorial Day Irises
- Subject: Re: Memorial Day Irises
- From: l*
- Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 17:08:02 -0000
Dorothy:
What does that mean they do not like the warm weather because
of "pumila background"? Is that a cold weather iris??
Is cold (or freezing) required; as well as a dormant period to get
growth the following year??
Laetitia
--- In iris-talk@y..., dwiris@a... wrote:
> Hi Colleen,
>
> Jeff Walters told you all about Memorial Day and cemetery irises.
In
> northern Ohio, Tall Bearded irises also peak around the end of
May. SDBs
> peak about two to three weeks earlier. They tend to not bloom as
well in
> warmer climates because of their I. pumila background. What we
know as the
> cemetery iris is ATROVIOLACEA, a natural hybrid of I. pumila, which
is only 5
> to 6 inches tall and blooms here in late April.
>
> Dorothy Willott in Northern Ohio, Zones 5/6
>
>
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