ARILBRED IRIS FOR COLD WEATHER AREA

LAST WEEK I MENTIONED THAT WE DO GROW SEVERAL ARILBRED IRIS IN OUR  CLUB
GARDEN, AND SEVERAL PERSONS ASKED FOR A LIST OF ONES WHICH SURVIVE IN OUR
ZONE.
 WE ARE ZONE 3 /4 BY WINTER TEMPERATURE, RARELY HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF SNOW
COVER WHEN IT IS COLD, THE GARDEN IS LOCATED IN AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE NO
TREES OR BUILDINGS TO BLOCK THE WIND;  ALL SNOW IS GONE NOW, BUT OUR GROUND
IS STILL FROZEN AND WILL NOT THAW COMPLETELY FOR ANOTHER MONTH.
GROUND HERE IS ABOUT pH 6.5 TO 7.0; EVERY FEW YEARS A BED IS COMPLETELY
CLEANED OUT, ROTOTILLED AND EKO-COMPOST--A LOCALLY MADE PRODUCT USING THE
SLUDGE FROM THE WASTE TREATMENT PLANT AND CHOPPED UP ORGANIC MATERIAL (WHAT
A WAY TO USE THE USED CHRISTMAS TREES) IS  ADDED.  FERTILIZER IS ONE WITH
ALL 3 NUMBERS THE SAME--USUALLY 10-10-10- OR 16-16-16. EVERY COUPLE YEARS WE
USE PREEN OR ANOTHER PRODUCT LIKE PREEN, TO TRY TO KEEP THE WEEDS UNDER
CONTROL.

THE GARDEN WAS STARTED IN THE EARLY 80'S, AND SOME OF THE ARIL-BRED IRIS
HAVE BEEN IN IT SINCE THEN--THEY RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER AS THE
OTHER AREAS OF THE GARDEN--SO NO SPECIAL CARE IS GIVEN TO THEM--THERE ARE
SEVERAL WHICH LOOK QUITE LIKE THE TYPICAL ARILS, AND OTHERS WHICH LOOK LIKE
THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY ARIL IN THEM--WE GROW BOTH TYPES--TO SHOW THE PUBLIC
THE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF FLOWER TYPE IN ARILBRED IRIS.

ALL THE ONES ON THIS PART OF THE LIST HAVE BEEN IN THE GROUND HERE AT LEAST
5 YEARS, AND ARE GROWING AND BLOOMING ALMOST EVERY YEAR:

ARIL SKYLINE              H. DANIELSON  '86
CIRCUS PARADE                          "            '86
FALL IN LINE                BOSWELL  85
HOOPLA                        DANIELSON 87
PROPHETIC MESSAGE  H. NICHOLS  78
SHEPAUG RIVER            GADD 77
TABRIZ                            KIDD 83
VOLUNTEER FIREMAN   CLINE/DURRANCE  57 --THIS ONE GROWS LIKE A WEED

HERE, AND EVERY YEAR HAS

 SEVERAL BLOOM STALKS
WHITE ARTS                    L. DANIELSON 85

ONES NEW TO THE GARDEN WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS--MOST ARE FROM LOWELL
BAUMONK IN COLORADO--(WHEN ORDERING FROM LOWELL, I ASKED HIM TO SEND ONLY
ONES WHICH HE KNOWS TO BE WINTER HARDY--AND THEY ARE PROVING TO BE WINTER
HARDY FOR HERE).

SHEIK
ZERZURA
 ONCO B
JESSABOO
BOZRAH
KHYBER PASS
KIOSK
MARTHA MIA
TABRIZ
EL MOHR

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE CLUB GARDEN IS TO SHOW AREA RESIDENTS THE VARIETIES
OF IRIS WHICH WILL GROW IN THE CONDITIONS HERE--SO IN OUR ARIL BED AND IN
OUR SPACE-AGE BED--WE GROW A VARIETY OF OLD AND NEW--WHERE AS IN THE TB AND
MEDIAN BEDS WE GROW THE NEWEST ONES--OUR FAVORITE OLDER ONES ARE IN THE
'OLDIES BUT GOODIES' BED OR THE 'HISTORIC IRIS' BED--REALLY OLD ONES HERE--
WE DO THE SAME WITH THE 'BEARDLESS MOUND'--GROW SIBERIANS AND SPURIAS--BOTH
OLDER AND NEWER ONES--
AND WE HAVE A SMALL SECTION OF 'UNKNOWNS'--THESE ARE ONES SENT TO US FROM
AROUND THE STATE--TO GROW AND TRY TO IDENTIFY--

I BELIEVE VERY FIRMLY IN BUYING RHIZOMES FROM THE SAME CLIMATE AREAS AS
US--SINCE OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE HAD BETTER LUCK WITH ONES FROM COLDER AREA
GROWERS--AND OUR CRITERIA IS NOT--'IT BLOOMED THE FIRST YEAR IN THE
GROUND'--BUT--'IS IT STILL ALIVE AND BLOOMING AFTER THREE YEARS'-- SOME OF
THE IRIS HAVE BEEN HYBRIDIZED IN WARM AREAS--BUT WE DO NOT PURCHASE THEM
TILL THEY HAVE BEEN IN A COLD AREA FOR AWHILE.

I HOPE THIS INFORMATION ABOUT ARILBRED IRIS  IS WHAT TALKERS WANT--   CARRYL
IN WESTERN MONTANA--ZONE 3/4  WHERE WE ARE GETTING SOME MUCH NEEDED RAIN
NOW--



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