Re: CAT:Spuria
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CAT:Spuria
- From: D* K*
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 13:02:25 -0500
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>Many years ago I grew quite a few spurias in my zone 5 garden, many of them
>Ben Hager's varieties. However, I gave up on them because they were devoured
>in winter by mice and in summer by iris borers. I find it hard to believe
>Dave Niswonger's garden can be zone 5. He is south of St. Louis, which is
>south of Cleveland and is next to the Mississippi River. His irises bloom
>much earlier in the spring than ours.
Don't Spurias get planted underground by an inch or two? And the mice can
still get 'em? I don't know...that's why I'm asking.
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html
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