Re: dietes vegeta
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- Subject: Re: dietes vegeta
- From: C* M* <c*@tiac.net>
- Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 06:22:39 -0700 (MST)
Adrienne Bordo asked:
>Her second question was about louisiana iris. She has been given a
>clump and can't decide whether to leave it in her Fla. garden or bring
>it back to Zone 4-5 and try it. Any ideas? This is the person I have
>bought the "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself"
>T-shirt. She does take some chances.
Barbara and David Schmieder grow Louisianas in Concord, MA with great
success. I grow one or two with less success (they don't bloom as well,
although they grow OK) in Harvard. I think part of the difference is the
Schmieders mulch theirs in winter, I figure "if they grow, they grow".
Kathy Marble
Harvard, MA
zone 5
