Re: TB: My Driveway Iris Garden

Whoops! I mentioned a lysimachia ciliata purpurescens as a companion plant for tall bearded irises.  After further research, I believe that would be a definite no-no!  This plant likes boggy areas and can spread rapidly.  Might work better with some of the species irises!

The succulent, purple leaved plant I will actually use is a gorgeous sedum, 'Purple Emperor,' similar to Autumn Joy except for the purple foliage and dusty rose flowers that show up in the summer. 

Just had the local garden club in for a look.  They went ga-ga, of course!  Told them about the iris rhizome sale coming up July 28 at the Botanical Gardens in Buffalo, NY.

Betty



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Betty Schnellinger 
  To: iris-talk 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:37 PM
  Subject: [iris-talk] TB: My Driveway Iris Garden


  Hi, Folks,

  Haven't been on here much lately but I simply MUST tell you about my
  driveway iris garden!

  First of all, I know it's really spring for sure (I live near Buffalo, NY;
  spring can be iffy here) when the driveway is loaded up with all these
  plants in pots that haven't made it into the ground yet.  Some of them have
  been in pots for a couple of years already, making the twice yearly trip
  between driveway and poly hut.

  Anyway, today there must be 50 irises out there, blooming their beautiful
  heads off in the driveway!  It's a drizzly, overcast day, but lo! I can play
  around in my driveway garden without gettng muddy feet!  I can tell what
  will bloom with what, and it's easy to move things around in their pots
  until everything looks just right!  I've made two wonderful combination
  groupings of these irises so far today.

  Here's one combo I'm really proud of:

  RINKY DINK, BB, rose-buff peach; purple plicata wash on falls

  KEEPING UP APPEARANCES, lightly ruffled mauve pink standards with wide
  blended band on pearl pink falls

  JOAN'S PARTY, almost opposite in coloration from KUA

  RUTH BLACK, Orchid pink-buff blended standards; pearl lavender falls centers
  blended to orchid and edged in salmon lace; heavily ruffled and laced.

  QUEEN IN CALICO, light orange with  light purple plicata markings, echoing
  Rinky Dink

  SALSA RIO, a gorgeous red-purple with a bright yellow markings high on the
  hafts

  Heuchera 'Purple Petticoats,' one of the red-purple leafed cultivars

  Lysimachia ciliata purpuresans, a red-purple, succulent leaved perennial

  Can you see these arranged and planted around a purple smokebush?  Guess
  what I'll be doing as soon as the sun shines again.

  What do your driveway gardens look like?

  Betty Schnellinger
  Western New York Iris Society



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