Re: Re: Re: AIS: spurias

Hi

Spurias do very well here in South Australia. If they get dry after blooming
they just die down and come away with the winter rains. But even if
irrigated through summer we don't get problems with rot as the do in the
more humind parts of the country.
A few years ago I gave a talk to a garden club in December, when the TBs had
finished but the spuria, Louisana JI etc were still blooming. So it was
bearded photos and real blooms of the other.

We also had some TB plants to sell. Forget the TBs, everyone wanted spurias.
The garden club was in an area that had dry alkaline soil, so the only
things we would recommend for such an area is beardeds and spurias.
Unfortunately spurias don't transplant well during blooms, especially when
follwed by a hot dry South Aust summer. When people see well grown spurias
they love them. We've never had enough Mahogany Lord to put in our
catalogue. Every year it sells out to garden visitors.

I'm post photos on iris-photos.

Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills
South Australia  Zone 8/9

colleen@impressiveirises.com.au
www.impressiveirises.com.au





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Eaves" <donald@eastland.net>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] Re: Re: AIS: spurias


> Neil,
>
> > As to Spurias looking "strappy" or "starved" I have to chuckle.  I grew
up
> in
> > *I. missouriensis* country and spurias look fabulous in comparison.
>
> I had an aunt that was enchanted by them this summer and she collected
some
> pods and gave me a pod full of seeds.  I planted them this week.  I
suspect
> that if any germinate, they aren't going to like our hot, dry summers but
I
> haven't much to lose by trying.  Another I've only seen in photos, not
> personally.
>
> Donald Eaves
> donald@eastland.net
> Texas Zone 7b, Texas, USA
>
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