Re: Questions about iris culture in Taiwan
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Questions about iris culture in Taiwan
- From: J* C*
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 19:53:58 PST
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
> I am new to this list. I live in Taiwan and have been wanting >to try
>some irises at here. However, Taiwan has very few imported >irises except
>some Dutch iris bulbs which are only good for one >season blooming. As for
>native iris, the only one we have here is >Iris formosa.
>The question I have is: can most of bearded irises survive the >climate
>here? Taiwan's climate is very close to Southern Florida. >We have hot
>and humid summer, usually in the 90s, sometimes will go >over 100.
Hi Chu, and welcome to the list.
Mark lives in Florida, and has had little success with Bearded irises. I
suspect the main problem would be humidity causing rhizome rot, if Dutch
irises don't last very long.
If you can provide very well drained soil, and try and keep them fairly dry
during the summer, you may succeed. Graeme Grosvenor grows irises which do
reasonably well in more humid areas, and I know he exports. He is situated
in New South Wales, Australia.
> I am also curious if the Louisiana iris and Pacific coast iris >can
>prosper here??
Louisiana iris should do well. There is a web page of Heathor Pryor's
Louisianas, also in NSW, Australia. You will find the address if you go to:
www.irises.org
and check through the American Iris societies list of home pages and web
sites. There are lots of other lovely web sites to visit there - enough to
keep you busy for some time.
I don't know about PCI's. I grow them here, and have had trouble with them
rotting in summer, and just recently found out that it is because I water
them in the evenings, and they get the hot evening sun. Since I started
watering in the mornings only, they have been doing better. I don't think
they have a chill requirement. We get down to -4 degrees Celcius in winter,
frequently, but My PCI's are often protected from the frost.
The best way to find out what you can grow, is to take a walk around gardens
in your area, and see what grows. You many have to look for some time, but
if you see even 1 bearded iris in flower, then you know you should be able
to grow them. If you are like many of us, you will enjoy the challenge of
trying.
I see very few daylilies in Castlemaine, Victoria (Australia) but they grow
well here, they just haven't become popular yet.
Cheers, Jan Clark, in Australia, where the leaves are wearing their Autumn
tones, and the wattles (Acacias) are starting to bloom.
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