Re: CULT: Borer Comments
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Borer Comments
- From: h*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:24:44 EST
From: hipsource@aol.com
In a message dated 3/5/00 10:49:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tgf@frontiernet.net writes:
<< This is an interesting idea about the possibility that iris borers prefer
gardens that have plantings of trees or shrubs.I don't know if the borers lay
their eggs on the bark. Has anyone seen any suggestion that there is an
alternate plant host for iris borers? I haven't seen any such reference,
but that doesn't mean that the possibility doesn't exist. >>
Not as such, but Grace Sturtevant or Masssachusetts [USA], the early iris
hybridizer and brother of Robert Sturtevant, Editor of the AIS Bulletin for
many years, was quoted as having found iris borer in columbine. She also grew
an enormous amount of columbine as a companion for irises. Miss Sturtevant
was trained as a botanical illustrator and she would not have been mislead on
this by anything but a very close resemblance to iris borer, if, indeed, by
that. I've mentioned this here before so I'll refer you to the Archives for
the whole discussion. I think I'd try 'Sturtevant AND borer AND aquilegia' as
a search term. The Archives are located at:
http://www.mallorn.com/lists/iris-l/.
About bushes being attractive to the borer, yes. They are weak flyers and
like convenient resting places, shade, and areas which are protected from
winds.
Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com
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