Re: CULT: shade tolerance
- Subject: Re: CULT: shade tolerance
- From: L* M*
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 11:00:41 -0400
<I planted some Louisiana rhizomes this fall
but won't know the results until next year. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.Bill Wardwell Zone 6 Wakefield RI>
Bill, I have a colony of Louisiana irises that are almost in full shade
now (the trees grew) out in a wet field that also has standing water
most of the winter, but usually is baked dry in summer. An example of
one, but this particular cultivar thrives there - I kept meaning to take
a photo of it in full bloom, but kept missing the window of opportunity
of enough sun to get a decent photo. It gets about half an hour of
early morning, direct sun & blooms heavily & more reliably than the more
recent clumps nearby in full sun. Somewhere I read that some species of
Louisianas do better in shade than others, actually prefer it in their
native habitat farther south - maybe someone from the LA-iris bunch
could advise you about selections that might like the extra shade. The
one I have is a very tall, deep purple-black self, with little or no
signal. Bluer than BLACK GAMECOCK and much taller. A gift years ago
whose name I didn't keep track of.
Linda Mann east Tennessee valley USA zone 7/8
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