Re: Potted Iris (!)
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- Subject: Re: Potted Iris (!)
- From: "* C* F* <d*@cts.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 00:04:58 -0600 (MDT)
At 10:33 PM 5/15/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Not to worry about the black pots overheating . . . as long as you are
>careful about watering AND drainage. I have had bearded iris in such
>pots on a southwest facing concrete patio for more than two years . . .
transferred some>of them to half whiskey/wine barrels (wooden) and the
still thrive.
>
>Summertime temps around here reach 100 degrees + during the day and, I
>suspect, more than that on the concrete patio. Haven't ever measured
>temp . . . probably becasue I don't want to kow!
>
Al, I don't know where Concord, CA is (and am too tired right now to look it
up in the atlas), but if your iris in pots can stand 100 degrees it seems
worth while for me to try it. I did put some in a half barrel last year
where the path in the backyard widened out and split -- put in a big,
beautiful purple iris and 3 that had been labeled as whites; also some
yellow daylilies. When the purple bloomed this year it wasn't nearly as
good looking as the previous year -- and there wasn't a single white bloom.
However, there WAS a lovely light yellow that kept blooming for quite a while!
Gardening is full of surprises, isn't it?
Dorothy C. Frisbie
Woman of Many Interests
Escondido, CA
AIS Region 15, Sunset Zone 20/21
