Re: JAP: CULT: height
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- Subject: Re: JAP: CULT: height
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 11:06:35 -0600 (MDT)
>
> 5. When it really gets hot (and dry) Japanese iris go dormant. In the
> fall, foliage growth is not obvious, but it does occur. At the same
> time, root growth is quite rapid, so another little dose of fertilize in
> the early fall doesn't hurt.
>
> Good luck.
>
> R. Dennis Hager
> on Delmarva Zone 7B
> Where the LA's have just started and the versicolors are charming the
> socks off of all visitors.
>
In the six or seven years that I have grown JI's, I have never had
them to go dormant. I do put a soaker hose in the bed and turn it on
during hot, dry spells....guess that keeps them from going dormant. Lots
of mulch may be helping too.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
