Re: Questions about iris culture in Taiwan

From: Hsiao-Chiu =?iso-8859-1?Q?Chu=A6=B6=BCS=AC=EE?= <hchu@netrd.iii.org.tw>

Dear Jan:

        Thanks for your advices!  I am now working on exchanging some of my
flowers with someone over internet that has LA iris and try them first.

        For some reasons I don't know, there are very few irises in Taiwan.  The
only irises I saw are
Dutch irises in cut flower.  I tried bulbs of Dutch irises before, only bloom
one season.  The only thing close to irises here is the walking irises,
Neomarica gracilis.  But these two days, I judge from the information on
internet that LA irises have best chance to succeed in Taiwan so I think I will
begin with them :).   Still lone for bearded iris though, but they have to wait
for a while.

        By the way, we have one native iris at here, Iris formosa, very short,
about 12".  White flower with some yellow markings.  I gathered them from wild.
If they can fruit for me, I would be more than glad to share with anyone over
internet.  Maybe someday this iris can supply genes to make most irises like
Taiwan's climate :)

Hsiao-Chiu Chu

Jan Clark wrote:

> 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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