Re: CULT: freeze damage
- Subject: Re: CULT: freeze damage
- From: P* D*
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 20:33:48 -0600
From: "Perry Dyer" <pdyer@flash.net>
Yep, they're evergreen. They'll die down during winter a little bit, but
they're not like siberian irises or dormant daylilies and completely
disappear. That's why I try NOT to even look at my garden in the winter
months -- I get to worrying if certain things are DEAD or just HIBERNATING.
Actually, some Louisianas will tend to go dormant in the SUMMER time. Makes
sense, when you consider their native habitat gets mighty hot and dry. Many
of the swampy areas where they grow and bloom in southern Louisiana dry out
to marshy pasture land during the summer months. I can't testify to the
natural habitat for those from north of Baton Rouge (like, the Arkansas
varieties), but the Arkansas-blood varieties tend to REALLY go dormant
during the summers here. I "push" them and won't let them go dormant
(water, and use mulch to protect the base of the plants from sunscalding).
I've had some years when they went dormant in the summer and DIDN'T COME
BACK! So I give them a little bit of extra water, about the same amount as
a well-cared-for daylily.
Perry Dyer
central Oklahoma
Perry D
-----Original Message-----
From: S & C Rust <srust@fidnet.com>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 6:54 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: freeze damage
>From: "S & C Rust" <srust@fidnet.com>
>
>Linda, I don't know about royalties on your cola bottle idea, but I bet
>some more people in our local club will give it a try. I use Wall O Water
>tubes faithfully every spring to set out tomato plants. I always have
>tomatoes in June. I am not your typical irisarian; next to irises my
>favorite plants are tomatoes! I have seed from many types from lots of
>countries and try different (mostly open pollinated) varieties each year.
>I thought of using Wall O Water tubes on reblooming iris, but my clumps are
>usually too big for them. Not being as imaginative as you, I never even
>thought about cola bottles. I just thought of a bigger Wall O Water tube!!
>
>I just ordered some LAs from Perry Dyer last year. To my surprise, they
>have stayed green all winter. Is this typical? They are not in a
>particularly protected area (reserved for rebloomers, arils, arilbreds, or
>something new that might be fussy!).
>
>Cindy Rust, Zone 5b, Missouri...beautiful day in the 70s with sun!
>
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