Re: CULT: non-blooming
- Subject: Re: CULT: non-blooming
- From: n*@charter.net
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 23:45:00 -0000
--- In iris-talk@y..., "Impressive Irises" <irises@s...> wrote:
"Again a cultural variation with climate. Here in hot summer
Australia, we find that exposed rhizomes get damged by direct
exposure to strong summer sun. If you have very hot summers we would
recommend ensuring that the rhizome is covered with half an inch of
soil."
That also was my experience in Oregon/Idaho high desert country.
When I first began growing iris in North Carolina I planted them like
I had learned to out west--and nearly killed the plants. I cringe
when I expose the rhizomes even yet--they baked or cooked in the
desert west if so exposed. Medford in southern Oregon is a lot more
like the Ida/Ore border than it is like Iowa--a modest cover or mulch
on Iris is a rather good idea. Here in NC it invites soft rot.
Neil Mogensen 7a in western North Carolina
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