re: pacific coast from seed
- Subject: re: pacific coast from seed
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 29 Feb 96 10:01:52 MST
rodney - thank you!
after reading directions from rodney, the article by ghio sent to me by
rodney, bob ward's letter, and the world of iris, i now havef more
questions!
bob ward in arkansas says to cover the iris with 3" of leaves in winter then
remove them after danger of frost. my last safe day with no frost is may 1
but there will be a lot of days in the 70's before then. in their native
habitat, it sounds like they live in open woods where they would naturally
have some leaf litter (sounds like mostly pine needles?) on them and nobody
to remove it. anybody have any thoughts on this? i doubt that i will be
bothered to either cover them up or uncover them again, but i could plant
them where leaves might fall on them by accident. not pine needles however.
bob says full sun is essential, but all the native habitats are open woods.
why is full sun essential?
anybody know what the low temperatures are in the mountains where these
plants occur naturally?
from what i have read so far, i bet high humidity here in the summer is going
to be a killer. other problems may be dry cold in the winter, which might
only happen some years.
clarence - do you have any ideas about what has contributed to your failures
with these guys?
one other thing i have been wondering - are the soils where these species
occur naturally mostly of volcanic origin? the clays derived from volcanic
origin are very different physically and in the way they handle nutrients
from our sedimentary eastern clays, but i don't know anything about what
possible effect that could have on the plants.
where have people been really successful so far in growing these - just in
california waashington and oregon?
linda mann e tn usa, the curious elephant's child
