Re: OT, COMPANION PLANTS FOR IRIS

Patricia,

Sounds like you have a lovely yard.  Thanks for sharing about the invasive behavior of daylilies with Iris.  Hope your Oriental Lilies do well.  Sounds like a pretty combination.  I have found Cannas and Daylilies to be a pretty combination. I weeded my daylily patch and sprinkled Larkspur all around it didn't hurt my daylilies or there bloom but people were delighted to see how pretty it was.  WoW from a distance. I may consider daylilies in with roses never thought of that combo.  Have you ever seen Witch's Wand that is a pretty iris.  Iris are lovely I agree.

                            Sandy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Patricia Wenham 
  To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 10:32 AM
  Subject: [iris-talk] OT, COMPANION PLANTS FOR IRIS




  I planted true lilies, Orientals, with the tall bearded iris.  The iris
  are spaced about 20 inches apart and the lilies are planted about ten
  inches from each iris.  The rows are about the same distance apart.  I
  had trouble with pocket gophers eating my lily bulbs but they do not
  seem to like to come near the iris so I experimented this year.  I will
  have to divide the iris as often as possible and may still have to move
  the lilies out of the rows next year.  Daylilies are too invasive here
  to be planted with the iris.  They would shade the rhizomes.  Iris are
  my first love so all plantings are with the welfare of the iris as my
  first concern.  I grow daylilies but they are planted with my roses and
  the older true lilies.

  I have been enchanted with the Aril Society's plant sale offerings.  I
  must have one of Rick Tasco's crosses which was featured in the
  catalog.  This area seems to be ideal for Arilbred iris and I plant them
  against a south facing board fence that gets little water in the
  summer.  I also have a small area between the sidewalk and the house on
  the north side of the house which gets no water in summer and the
  arilbred iris love that spot.  

  I planted siberian iris with peonies and roses along a  chain link fence
  and the sibs multiplied tremendously.  They apparently enjoyed having
  their roots shaded by the peonies. 

  Patti

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