Re: CAT: TB: Keppel and Patrick....

In a message dated 1/22/2003 9:17:20 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
gerrysnyder@attbi.com writes:


> Arizona has a dry heat. People may not feel it, but iris do.
> 
> I think the main problem is that the blooms lose moisture faster than
> the roots/stem can replenish it. Even if it is as hot in NC, the
> evaporation rates are much less.

That's the key.  In southern NM, late blooms dry to the consistency of tissue 
paper before they can fully open.

> 
> Gerry, with Mariposa Autumn still blooming
> 
> PS  Have asked here before, but anyone know if self seeds from
> paperwhites can yield almost identical plants but with yellow trumpets?
> No answer last time.

Strictly hearsay -- yes.  The house where I grew up had some perennial beds 
that had been planted decades earlier, including one of paperwhites.  The 
previous owner said she'd planted only the white ones in that corner, but 
although they still dominated the area there were also a few clumps showing 
differing degrees of yellow.

Sharon McAllister

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