Leaning as opposed to wind blown irises
- Subject: Leaning as opposed to wind blown irises
- From: E* G*
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:56:32 -0500
From: Ellen Gallagher <e_galla@moose.ncia.net>
Mike Lowe wrote:
>In our garden, Victoria Falls will tear the rhizomes' roots out of the soil
>before she leans. Grew her for about 15 years and NEVER had the first
>indication of a lean. It has to be the soil and growing conditions,etc.
I don't grow V.F. but I am finding this interesting all the same
....leaning as opposed to being blown over with the TB's heavy
blooms....I assumed that Vicky F. couldn't take 54 mph winds,like
we get here usually accompanied by pouring rain from April thru Aug.
I have never had an iris "lean over" without tremendous help from
nature in the form of nasty weather. Lilies do lean over a lot
in my garden...grow too darn tall. That is one reason I like
daylilies and Siberians, two tough cookies.
Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / Zone 3
Berlin, NH in 'The Great North Woods'
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