Re: CULT: Iris blooms on the Gulf Coast

J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
> 
> >        Several years ago when I was visiting on the Gulf Coast in Biloxi,
> >MS, I saw a gigantic, raised bed of bearded irises.  Apparently, they were
> >surviving the heat and salt spray from the gulf for the leaves were very
> >green and the fans quite tall.  As my visit occurred in the summer, I do
> >not know if they were successful in blooming or not.
> 
> For the past few years my mom, Julia Loyall, and her sister-in-law Zoe
> Sagrara Lynch (Orchid Gardens, Lafayette, LA) have been exchanging irises.
> Aunt Zoe sends up Louisianas and Mom sends down tall bearded. Believe it or
> not, Zoe says the TBs are doing fine for her in steamy, tropical Lafayette.
> That woman has an amazing ability to make things grow, but if she can do
> it, it can be done.
> 
> celia
> storey@aristotle.net
Celia,
My mother lives in Crowley, LA. She has grown TB's all my life & has
never had a problem either. I live on Trinty Bay & I don't have very
many problems with mine.
Janice Stocks
Baytown,TX
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