Companion Planting: Thank You Dorthy

Dear Dorthy,
Thank you for the wonderful experience of touring your garden!  I wanted to
thank you on Iris-L because I think we can all learn a lesson from you in
the aspect of companion planting with iris.  Steve and I tend to be purists
like so many gardeners who fill their worlds dominantly one type of plant. 
The dominant plant here is without a doubt IRIS.  We spend most of our
waking hours thinking about them, talking about them, worring about them, 
and relishing them.  What is so refreshing to your approach to iris is that
you see them as an invitation to enjoy all of God's plant varieties!  Your
iris grow in and among native plants, herbs,  succulents, fruits, and
flowers.  It is a feast for the eyes and soul to look about your garden, a
reflection I'm sure of the original Garden of Eden.  Your apricots and
nectarines were the sweetest I've ever tasted. I wish you had a graden web
page on companion planting with iris so others could enjoy some of what I
was able to experience yesterday!  Do you think there are any native
varieties of iris that could grow on your very back trail of waterless
plants?  I know most iris need water in our 100 degree summer days.  Maybe
someone knows of a historic variety that can survive those conditions. Some
arils need no water in summer.  Maybe they could survive those extreme
conditions?

Love,   Sharlyn




Sharlyn or Steven Rocha
srocha@pacbell.net
Zone 9, Region 15
San Diego  "America's Finest City"
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7679
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