Re: SPEC- I.ensata and sibirica in Florida
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- Subject: Re: SPEC- I.ensata and sibirica in Florida
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 09:00:34 -0700 (MST)
Ian Efford writes:
> Mark
>
> I do not see why they would have any problem with the heat in
> summer, especially for ensata, as Tokyo is oppressively hot and humid
> during their summers. It is not tropical but oranges grow to just north
> of that region, if my memory serves me correctly. In fact, it seems that
> you are also about the same relationship with orange growth as Tokyo. It
> seems to me that the one problem you will have is insufficient cold in
> winter. I do not know how far south ensata grows in Japan, or the US
> for that matter, but that information would tell you the answer.
I believe the Higo strain of Japanese iris was developed in a district of
that name on Kyushu, the southernmost of the main Japanese islands at
approximately 33 degrees N latitude (about the same as Macon, Georgia).
Kyushu definitely has a subtropical climate, but like all the Japanese
islands, it is mountainous, which must influence the climate in ways
unknown to Florida.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
