Re: OT: Spider Plants, and Irises in New Orleans.

From: "Patrick O'Connor" <swamp@ix.netcom.com>

Mark,

I have not had any problem growing TBs in South Louisiana, but they would
not bloom for me.   Occassionally, one will see beautiful TBs in bloom
around Baton Rouge or New Orleans, but they are never mine.  In fact, I
gave up the effort years ago.  I have been told that in raised beds with
excellent internal drainage, they will bloom, but I just grew mine in a
normal bed.  It may be that certain varieties will bloom in this climate
and others will not.  I had heard that the lack of sufficient cold weather
was a factor, but I am inclined to think it may be  more a matter of how
beds are prepared and other cultural conditions.  Pseudacorus is a weed
here and I have seen Japanese in bloom.  Some public landscape plantings
use a blue Siberian but I lost every one I tried.  Virginicas, of course,
are native here, so no problem with those.

I would be interested in your experience with the Louisianas and others.

Patrick
At 10:00 PM 7/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
>
>> Mark, I grow almost exclusively Louisiana Iris at the moment.  Also a few
>> Virginicas.  Both types should grow well for you.  I think that irises in
>> the Louisiana series are native to Florida, perhaps even some that do not
>> grow in Louisiana.   What types of irises do you grow?
>> 
>Patrick,
>     I am trying to grow some Louisianas (Species and hybrids), as well as
>some types of Iris pseudacorus.  Also, I have Iris virginica, and am trying
>to see if I can get a few Japanese, Siberians, and TB Irises to live.
>     Some plants closely related to Irises I am growing are the African
>Iris (Dietes), Walking Iris (Neomarica), Tiger Eye Iris (Trimezia), and
>Blackberry Lily (Belemcanda).  
>
>Mark A. Cook
>billc@atlantic.net
>Dunnellon, Florida.  
>
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