Re: What can I plant with iris?
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: What can I plant with iris?
- From: D*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 19:41:02 -0500
In a message dated 96-03-19 11:17:49 EST, Tom replies to Monica's query about
annuals to grow with irises;
>Monica, I've had very good results using sweet alyssum between the irises.
>It starts blooming after the irises finish and goes on and on and on...past
>frost. Since the plants are low and shallow-rooted, they don't seem to
>compete with the irises at all, and the irises still get the sun and air
>they need. It really keeps the iris bed from looking like a graveyard all
>summer, which is important in my small garden.
Monica, I use portulacca in exactly the same way Tom uses alyssum, and for
the same reasons. Plus, they do well in my poor soil. PLUS, they self-seed
year after year.
I have no idea how well they would grow in your very different climate
though...
Dorothy Fingerhood
DFingerhoo@aol.com
Newfield, NY Zone 4
