Re: CULT: black walnut toxicity & iris
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- Subject: Re: CULT: black walnut toxicity & iris
- From: I* <I*@aol.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 20:13:22 -0700 (MST)
Guess I should have mentioned my folk's iris are under the south and west
sides of the trees. The tree limbs have been trimed up at least 20' off the
ground and black walnuts just don't have as thick a canopy as a lot of trees.
Plus they are old and the last few years have sustained storm
damage......every little bit helps :-)
Anyway, they'll be gone before the iris will ;-)
Carolyn Needham
IrisHapyGl@aol.com
USDA Zone 5 Greater Kansas City Iris Society Region 18 USA
Linda wrote:
<<But there are definitely potential baddies in all parts of the plant. Even
the
shavings/sawdust if used for bedding can cause horses to founder. I
blame the walnut drip for killing some rhododendrons - the only ones
that died were the ones under the drip line of the tree.
My question is, why intentionally try to grow iris in the shade of a
black walnut? Isn't full sun supposed to be required for good bloom?
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA>>
