Re: Re: CULT: non-blooming
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: non-blooming
- From: P* G*
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 15:55:03 -0800 (PST)
Hi;
Thanks to all for the info.
Pat
--- neilm@charter.net wrote:
> --- 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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