Re: African irises?
- Subject: Re: African irises?
- From: d*@intellinet.com (Tom Dillard)
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 96 19:42:20 MST
>Hi,
>
>I got a phone call from my stepmother yesterday. She lives in Chicago
>during the summer, but in the Sarasota (FLA) area during the winter. In
>an article in the local Sarasota paper about good perennials, the author
>suggested the use of African irises. So she called me to find out about
>these, because the article didn't give any further information. Well, I
>was stumped. I looked in the Mathew book and in the World of Irises book,
>but I could find no mention of African irises. She's going to ask at the
>local botanical garden, but I figured that I'd also ask this email group.
>
>So, does anyone know anything about these irises? They must obviously
>tolerate zone 10 heat and humidity.
>
>Thanks for any help,
>Suzanne Sluizer
>sluizer@cs.unm.edu
