Re: SPEC: Iris japonica and Iris wattii
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SPEC: Iris japonica and Iris wattii
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- Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 16:43:42 -0800
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From: Kenneth Walker <kenww@pacbell.net>
From what I understand, it is possible for us to get temperatures
below 20F, but that only happens every couple decades. The
1998-1999 winter was very cold for us. We had about 5 nights
in a row in the low 20's. Neither Iris japonica nor Iris wattii bloomed
last spring. japonica had been planted the fall before but wattii had
bloomed the previous spring. I lost 3/4 of wattii during a heat wave when
we had several days of 107-108. Maybe I didn't water it enough. It
also showed frost damage during the hard freeze. This last winter we only
had 2 or 3 very light frost where I spotted a little white on the tips of some
grass in the neighborhood. The dwarf iris were perhaps a little happier
last spring, but a lot of plants are doing better this year.
Ken Walker, kenww@pacbell.net
Concord, California, USA
USDA zone 9
> From: BigAlligator@aol.com
> Ken,
> What are your coldest winter temperatures? We sometimes fall into the
> low 20's and even into the high 10's during winter cold spells. So, I grow
> both Iris japonica and Iris wattii in pots so I can move them into an
> unheated garage when such a freeze is possible.
>
> Mark A. Cook
> BigAlligator@aol.com
> Dunnellon, Florida USA USDA Zone 8b.
>
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