RE: Early Bloom
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- Subject: RE: Early Bloom
- From: S* J* <J*@email.dfi.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 09:16:57 -0700 (MST)
>I planted iris for the first time this year in a bed that runs from my
front
>porch to the edge of the house. It is an area about 15 feet long that gets
>good sun, is protected from wind on 3 sides and catches light from a street
>lamp.
>Well I would have never believed it, but, I currently have twenty stalks in
>full bloom (none of the iris in the back yard are blooming yet.)
Mezmerizer
>is astonishing. I planted two rhizomes in August. It has grown to a dozen
>plants with 8 - 3 foot stalks loaded with bloom.
>Spring is coming, and it will be good!
Mea culpa. I didn't include my signature block.
John Stremel
Santa Clara, CA
Zone 8 Coastal
I just purchased Currier McEwen's "The Siberian Iris" (Timber Press 1996).
It was every bit as good as all the raves on the list. It is a must read
for anyone interested in Siberians. The discussions of cultivation,
introducing tetraploid characteristics and growing seedlings was especially
clear and enjoyable. J.S.
