CULT: High Altitude Gardening
- Subject: CULT: High Altitude Gardening
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 08:02:55 -0700
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
Pat Bass writes:
> I live on the western slope of the Rockies here in Colorado now, and
am
> anxious to see how the iris I brought with me from Kansas will do here at
the
> higher elevation. Planted TBs, SDBs, MTBs, louisianas, and spurias.
Would
> like to get some siberians too, but don't have much room in the yard of
this
> house that does not belong to us. Have enjoyed reading the mail so far.
I'm
> new....so "Hello" to everyone :). Pat
Hi Pat - and Welcome to Iris-talk!
We have a number of gardeners with altitude participating in this group.
Marte Halleck who is at 7400', I believe, on the eastern side of the
Rockies in Colorado has already introduced herself to you. There are
several folks in the Santa Fe, NM area at 6500-6800' who chime in from time
to time. I am at 4800' in a valley in northern Utah. There are several
California contributors who are well up into the Sierra Nevada, and we
should not overlook Ellen Gallagher, who rides high in the White Mountains
of New Hampshire. With apologies to anyone else I may have omitted, I think
you can see that you will have company here among those who garden from the
heights. What is your altitude and gardening Zone?
As Marte said in her message to you, most kinds of cold-hardy irises will
grow in the Rocky Mountains. LA's seem to be a tricky subject, however; and
JIs, too, because of high pH rather than high altitude.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
.
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