Re: TB: Dusky Challenger "clumps"

From: Linda Mann <lmann@icx.net>

I wrote:
> > Don't hold your breath waiting for DC to make a clump <G>.  That's one
> > of the things it doesn't do very well.  

And Walter Moores on wonderful soil in Mississippi asked:
>         Hmm...Linda, do you have it growing exclusively in the gravel soil
> you have 
>         described so often?  I have to divide DC every year in order to
>         make room for the bloomstalks so they have adequate space    
>         to strut their stuff...

Everything here with deep roots is on gravel <G> - even the ones in
raised beds of good soil have the opportunity to get to gravel if they
work at it.  But I don't have DUSKY C out in the plowed rows in the
gravel field.  I didn't mean to give the impression that it doesn't
bloom well - it does make gorgeous bloom stalks.  Just that it doesn't
tend to "clump up" into a dense thicket of bloom like some do.  Like you
say, it needs to be divided fairly often or it doesn't bloom well - in
other words, it tends to fizzle out instead of making a heavy blooming
clump.  It is still my all time favorite.
  
Not sure I'm expressing this very well..and at the moment, I am drawing
a blank on examples of recent, popular irises that DO clump well.  Maybe
somebody else can think of some....

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN makes a pretty spectacular clump before needing
dividing.

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
I think mold is starting to grow inside my lungs - we've finally gotten
several inches of rain with temperatures in the 80s F as it rains ....
suffocating.


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