Re: Gardening with Irises
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- Subject: Re: Gardening with Irises
- From: M* H* <M*@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:28:37 -0700 (MST)
Chad, what you describe sounds just terrific. I wish I had enough "flat
places" to attempt something like this -- most of my gardening is done
on a steep slope that we've terraced into beds of various shapes & sizes
but these are too narrow, front to back, to incorporate anything like
your layout.
Any chance we can look forward to photos of your "river of iris" next
spring or summer?
Marte in the mtns Zone 4/Sunset 1 Colorado -- where iris photos are all
I have to remind me of the real thing: snow, snow everywhere.
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Chad Schroter wrote:
>
> In my experience, A mixed TB and perennial bed can be done - but
> requires a lot of grooming and careful plant selection to work well.
>
> In my own case I am in the middle of a redesign of a large front bed
> (approx. 35 x 35) where I am going to try a curved "river of iris" through the
> bed. The iris will reside in a 4 foot wide strip starting on one side and
> curving through and out an adjacent side (kind of an "L") I am going to have a
> narrow walkway of brick along most of the Iris. Since this strip will not be at
> the front or rear of this planting only the flowers should be apparent from the
> outside at some distance. When out of flower both foreground and background
> color should compensate. With the path along the Iris they can still be viewed
> from close range when desired, and I hope to accommodate about 100 cv. I have a
> color range for the bed (black/purple/blue/white iris only, with like colored
> companions and bluish red and orange accents) to help it fit in with the whole
> design.
>
> The color scheme is one inspired from a picture of a border in Monet's
> Garden where white/blue/purple iris are succeeded by red field poppy's.
>
> Chad Schroter in Los Gatos CA Zone 9
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Gardening with Irises
> Author: iris-l@rt66.com at SMTP2
> Date: 1/12/98 5:52 PM
>
> Hello all,
>
> snip
>
> So, does anybody have any hints or tricks on using a lot of iris in a
> garden so that the casual visitor doesn't walk in and say "Boy do you have
> a lot of irises!"
>
> Kay Cangemi
> Cangemi@ulster.net
> New York, USDA zone 5
