Re: HIST: good cultivars for humid climes?
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- Subject: Re: HIST: good cultivars for humid climes?
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 18:27:34 -0700 (MST)
Hi Celia!
You wrote (23 Mar 97):
> I hope to add a few historic iris to my dinky collection of badly weeded
> babies. ;-) Can anyone tell me how well the following cultivars bear up
> under year-round high humidity (do they rot?), erratic winter temps with
> frequent thaws and re-freezes, a short winter and hot, muggy summers?
> CAYENNE PEPPERS (Gibson)
CAYENNE PEPPER is a Schreiners TB introduced in 1986. The Gibson iris you
are referring to must be CAYENNE CAPERS, which was introduced in 1959.
I grew the Gibson iris and it did OK for me, but that doesn't give much
indication how it might do in your very different climate. CAYENNE CAPERS
is a mild climate rebloomer, so if it does grow well for you, you might get
this bonus, too.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
cwalters@cache.net
