Eucalyptus
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- Subject: Eucalyptus
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:49:45 -0700 (MST)
Jan Clark wrote:
> I have a few old irises growing close to eucalypts and they are doing
> poorly.
Ah, well, wishful thinking.
> Wish I could grow blue gums!
Why can't you? Not enough water?
Mine don't get watered during the summer except what goes past the veggies
growing nearby. My guess is that they go deep into the clay soil, although I
always thought they had shallow root structures.
Dangerous they are, drop limbs on you when you aren't looking!
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont, California, USA, Earth, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
There are currently 46 Iris pictures on my Website. Visit me at:
http://members.home.net/jijones
