Re: Leaning as opposed to wind blown irises
- Subject: Re: Leaning as opposed to wind blown irises
- From: J* R*
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 04:28:07 -0800
From: "Julia Rankin" <breckenridge@bnis.net>
I have a very windy sight, with no problem for Victoria -- but that does not
mean 54 mile an hour winds on a daily basis. That would be a very strong
wind.
Julia
SZ 1-3
Lower Sierra Nevada
-----Original Message-----
From: Ellen Gallagher <e_galla@moose.ncia.net>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 5:50 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] Leaning as opposed to wind blown irises
>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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>Northern New Hampshire, USA / Zone 3
>Berlin, NH in 'The Great North Woods'
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