Re: Re: CULT: iris health, gfavel, companion plants

I've been thinking about using small stones as mulch, especially in the iris bed that's near my pond. The soil on that side of the property is already slightly sandy with rocks throughout it. Plus, it would better integrate the two areas. We already have a truckload of river rock for the pond edges, plus one of smaller stones too, although slightly larger than pea gravel.
Robert, are you putting the pea gravel right up to the iris or leaving that area clear? 

El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Z3
MIS & DIS Display Garden
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robt R Pries" <rpries@sbcglobal.net> 
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] Re: CULT: iris health, gfavel, companion plants



Linda; I am sure my mindset is different than yours.
As a rock gardener I love scree soils so i don't mind
the gravel getting mixed somewhat into the soil. But
actually it is very easy to scrap aside and even if it
gets dirty watering washes the dirts away so that you
come back with a great topdressing. 

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE IRIS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index