Re: Spurias for Zones 4-5
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- Subject: Re: Spurias for Zones 4-5
- From: d*@cornell.edu (Dorothy A. Fingerhood)
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 11:22:34 -0700 (MST)
>In a message dated 98-01-12 11:49:05 EST, you write:
>
>What in interesting subject. Zone 3? Dorothy Fingerhood where are you?
>
>I have made a few stabs at spurias and all lie under burial crosses.
>
>Besides the drainage thing what else should we be doing?
Ummmm, I'm trying to make myself small, Claire. I have to admit that my
spurias have been one of the the main victims of my hurry-up garden move
this summer, and truthfully, of lack of time before that. They grow for me,
but none has flourished except BELISE, which I believe would do well most
anywhere--and it is a beautiful, delicate thing.
Walter mentions lime, and I think he's right on--they do not seem to like
our acidic soils here in the east. Another thing is that they seem very
slow to get established--you definitely do not want to have to move them
often. I had hoped that by now I could offer better advice; unfortunately
that is not the case. I still believe they can be grown with at least
moderate success here, but they are not going to be the quickest and easiest
iris plant here. I would like to experiment with trying to get some going in
the springtime, when I get established again. I certainly have had better
luck getting JIs and SIBs going in the spring, as opposed to fall planting.
Dorothy
