Re: New to iris growing
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] New to iris growing
- From: D* E*
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 12:48:17 -0500
Lenora
><< Also I know I should let the foliage die back inorder to have nice
> blooms next year but is there something besides annuals you can put
> with iris's that blooms later and will not interfere with the iris's
> growth? >>
>
>Your iris foliage will not die back in the same way that tulips and
daffodils
>do. It will remain green and growing, in most situations, until cold
weather
>stops it in the fall.
What Betty writes is true unless you are growing Dutch iris or some of the
less common varieties of bearded irises. I thought, and I may have it
wrong, that you might be growing Dutch iris from your original post. Were
they bulbs rather than rhizomes when you acquired them? For me, the Dutch
iris go dormant after bloom in much the same way as do tulips and daffodils.
Also may of my arilbreds, all the arils and most of the spurias go dormant,
though a bit slower. Some arilbreds and spurias go nearly dormant, but
retain some green in the foliage. This varies depending on the amount of
rainfall we receive and when we receive it.
Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7, USA - where my iris companions are currently insects,
copperheads and weeds - in about that order.
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