Re: Amt of sunshine?
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- Subject: Re: Amt of sunshine?
- From: "* C* <m*@iglou.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:09:25 -0700 (MST)
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> From: art <art@gv.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Amt of sunshine?
> Date: Friday, March 14, 1997 1:15 AM
>
> As a grower of TB's I've been told they need 4-6 hours of sunshine. What
> does that mean, all year? I have a space on the north side of my
> property that gets 4 hours in the late spring, summer and early fall.
> However to the south of the area is a hill and large pine trees.
> Needless to say, in the winter the sun hangs pretty low and the area
> gets very little sun. Will they do alright there?
>
Art,
I am not totally sure on this, but I think that the sun requirement is
most important during the time in which the Irises are actively growing. I
have some Irises by a porch on the north side of the house. They get the 4
or more hours of direct sun from March to late September. During the
winter, they get maybe two hours of sun. These Irises do fine and bloom at
the same time as Irises located away from the shadows.
Mark A. Cook
macook@iglou.com
