Re: Dutch Irises now Spanish Irises
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- Subject: Re: Dutch Irises now Spanish Irises
- From: "* B* <r*@hsc.unt.edu>
- Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 10:47:08 -0600 (MDT)
Donald Eaves said:
> From reading, I gathered the English irises would do better in cooler, =
damper climates than is available here in my part of Texas. What about =
the Spanish irises? Does anyone grow them?
Donald,
I grow the Spanish irises (from Mc and Z) and they perform as well as the =
Dutch. I cannot tell them apart from appearence (other than color), growth =
or bloom time. I have tried the English iris twice with no luck.
Rodney Barton
rbarton@hsc.unt.edu
Hickory Creek, (North Central) Texas, USA
Zone 7/8, typical temp range 15 - 105 F (-9 - 41 C)
AIS, SIGNA, SPCNI, SLI, Iris-L
North American Native Iris Web Page:
http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
