Re: Re: Companion Plants for Iris

Tom,

He was right they don't get much taller should be pretty.  Never thought of the mini crepes good combo.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tom Greaves 
  To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:00 AM
  Subject: [iris-talk] Re: Companion Plants for Iris


  I have a triangle shaped plot that I'm putting irises around
  the edges and thought it would be nice to have a low shrub
  in the center that would have flowers throught the summer
  when the irises had finished.  So I searched through my
  Texas gardening books and ended up with Spirea. Several
  varieties of Spirea do not get more than 3 feet in height.  

  So I get to my favorite nursery to see what they had and the
  Spirea looked terrible and they wanted $9 for ugly 1 gallon
  plants. I then had to go to Lowes hardware to get some other
  stuff and decided to see if they might have Spirea.  They
  had some but it was the variety that gets 6 foot high, so I
  didn't get it. As I was leaving, I noticed that they were
  getting a delivery of some plants that were a bright
  rasberry color and in full bloom.  He said that it is a new
  hybrid Crepe Myrtle called Mandi.  It was only about a foot
  tall and he said it would not get too much taller.  So I
  bought some of them.  They are very beautiful and the 3
  gallon size were only $9.99.

  Tom near Dallas, TX USA zone 7

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