Re: Spec: Iris unguicularis

L.Zurbrigg wrote:
> 
> >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
Hi Lloyd,
I.Stylosa is what I prefer to call it since it is a whole lot easier to
pronounce!! Yes mine has lots of foliage and it blooms down in it. We
had it bloom in the snow ( which was on rare occasions) (not the bloom,
the snow)in NM.
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