Re: CULT: High Altitude Gardening
- Subject: Re: CULT: High Altitude Gardening
- From: P* B*
- Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 12:08:30 -0700
From: Pat Bass <bpbass@gj.net>
Jeff and Carolyn Walters wrote:
> 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
Jeff and Carolyn (and everyone): This is called the "banana belt" because of
the mild climate here in the valley in which Delta, Colorado is, in close
proximity to Grand Mesa. They tell me that if it snows here in town it is
always melted by 10 to noon! I don't know what zone I am in as I have not
inquired, but will try to find out. The altitude of Delta is a little over
5000', but we are up on Garnet Mesa, so we are a little higher. The iris I
planted seem to be growing very well, and the geraniums and other plants in the
front flower bed where my iris are are still alive and doing well, in spite of
being down to freezing several nights. It is dry here, which is an adjustment
from humid Kansas, but so far we love it here.
As far as the louisianas, it was late when I was ready to plant the iris,
toward the end of September. I called Bay View Garden in Santa Cruz, CA, and
talked to them, and described the climate, etc. He didn't think there would be
any problem growing louisianas here, and so I ordered some and planted them the
first part of October! They seem to be doing okay so far and are sending up
new leaves. We'll see how they do in the dry hot summer next year. :) Pat
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