Re: Spec: Iris unguicularis
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- Subject: Re: Spec: Iris unguicularis
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 12:31:15 -0700 (MST)
>william b. cook wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone in the southeastern states had any success growing Iris
>> unguicularis? I am wondering if it would survive in Florida.
>>
>> Mark A. Cook
>> billc@atlantic.net
>> Dunnellon, FL.
>Mark,
>We grew I.unguicularis in New Mexico. It was on the southside of the
>potting shed which got watered on a regular basis. It would start
>blooming the end of February till the middle of April. We also had one
>in the middle of the yard that got a lot of shade. It didn't increase
>much and the bloom was very sparse. When I moved to Nebraska, a year ago
>last July, I dug up both clumps and potted them. They are both still in
>the pots, One inside the greenhouse the other sunk in the ground on the
>south side of the greenhouse. The one outside came through last winter
>in great shape(in -20 temps.), but neither bloomed for me this spring. I
>wonder if it's because I disturbed them by digging them up, even tho I
>potted them immediately?
>Leslie Jobe' in Omaha
Dear Leslie: I grew I unguicularis (then called I. stylosa) in Radford VA
. I lost it and blamed myself for putting kitty litter (used) around it.
Here in Durham NC I do nothing to it, almost never water it, and it seems
to stay alive and gives me winter bloom, usually in February. It amazes me
that it can bloom between freezes, yet show no damage to the flower, which
is rather large on rather short stalks. I shall be happy to hear what
others to do it. I know the Lowes grow it in Blackstone, VA Lloyd
Zurbrigg Durham NC
