Re: OT: TBs and daylilies
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: TBs and daylilies
- From: B*
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 19:34:40 -0400
Patricia,
Not at all! My iris love the mulch I have given them: the local landfill
grinds up yard waste and gives it to the locals for free. And so, all of
my gardens are mulched with the stuff. Every year it decomposes and I throw
more on.
Bill Wardwell
-----Original Message-----
From: robert stewart <crusher4@wnclink.com>
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: TBs and daylilies
>Patricia,
>
>I have daylilies and iris along my drive. I put two-3 fans of a daylily
variety. Watch height get about 20in. height. I leave a 2ft. space. Then
have a 2 ft. area of Iris. On an On this way. You can divided the daylilies
every year if they get to close. The leaves of Iris do look pretty between
the daylilies. I don't think I would put them right on top each other. I
would like to know of a plant that could be a filler in the 2ft. space
though. Right now it is mulch. Just read that mulch can be harmful to
iris. Any comments.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: pbrooks@whidbey.net
> To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 3:31 AM
> Subject: [iris-talk] OT: TBs and daylilies
>
>
> Serves me right: I neglected checking the iris-talk for a couple of
> days, and was just about to order daylilies to interplant in my new
> iris bed, and lo, some have advised against.
>
> The bed in question lines a drive, creating a heavy wind channel. To
> create bloom once the irises are through, I interplanted with seed-
> raised perennials as I usually do: shasta daisies, snapdragons,
> etc. But every time the wind plowed through, the little peat pots
> got dried up and blew away. So I planted small nursery plants of
> annuals -- petunias, impatiens -- same result.
>
> So I'm thinking, daylilies are tough like irises, and begin to bloom
> once the irises are finished, lasting most of the rest of the
> season. They'll be able to hang on through the windy times. Then
> iris-talkers say they're invasive, will take over my beloved irises,
> the whole reason for the bed? Help!
>
> Any others have experience with daylilies and irises cohabiting?
>
> Patricia Brooks
> Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8-9?
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