Re: HYB: SPEC: Black Forest, aphylla

--- In iris-talk@y..., Linda Mann <lmann@i...> wrote:
"...aphylla seems to give the ability/tendency to drop leaves and go 
dormant during drought (my only observations are for hot, summer 
drought....Aphyllas also seem to be the source of densely 
branched, 'furry' surface roots...."

"A-phylla" sounds like it ought to mean "without leaves."  Hmmmm.  
You don't suppose the trait (quite a survival advantage in a 
borderline Mediterranean climate) is responsible for the name?  The 
root description also sounds like a "grab the nutrients and the H2O 
when the getting is good" strategy that would be a tremendous 
advantage in a variable climate with short, intense growing seasons 
sandwiched in between continental cold and blistering hot summer--
when a few weeks of sea-born rain show up in the spring, with a few 
more weeks in the fall.

Did your aphyllas keep going if the weather stayed fairly constant 
and the garden culture did the same?

Neil Mogensen  7a in western NC


 

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