Re: new member
- Subject: Re: new member
- From: t*@Rt66.com (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 96 14:40:21 MST
Nancy writes:
>I am thinking about growing
>irises again. I haven't grown them since I was a young girl. I live in
>southern New Jersey. The soil here is green marl so I am not sure I will be
>able to grow them.
Somehow, I'm glad that I don't know what "green marl" is, and I'm
not sure I want to find out. :)
>I am thinking of turning one of the
>annual garden beds into a iris bed.
>
...or you could put some irises in with the annuals. The irises
can't really take big plants too close to them; they need the
air and light to get down to the base of the plants. On the
other hand, something like sweet alyssum or the occasional
dwarf marigold will keep the iris bed looking more attractive
through the summer and fall when the irises aren't blooming.
I have one area that's exclusively irises, but I also have
irises tucked in among my other perennials (these are the ones
I *had* to buy even though the iris bed was already full).
Happy irising, Tom.
Tom Tadfor Little at Telperion Productions
Los Alamos, NM
telp@Rt66.com - - - also at tlittle@lanl.gov
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