Re: Re: CULT: shade tolerance
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: shade tolerance
- From: B*
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 19:35:28 -0400
Linda,
This is great news!!! I love the few Louisiana pictures I have and have
been hoping they stood some sort of chance. The ones I planted, from Iris
City Gardens, have been sending out new leaves lately. They are actually
facing North, kind of, at the bottom of a small slope. Sounds crazy, but
they may actually do well there. We have freeze/thaws all the time around
here, but once these plants grow up two feet, bang, they reach the top of
the slope and the sunny southern rays. As for anything I plant next year, I
am soooo happy you told me this about your Lousianas. I've gotten mostly
suggestions from my post, but none so far with the information you've
provided. The slope I refer to surrounds most of my yard on the north and
west sides, dropping about 2-3 feet to the wetlands. If these Louisianas do
work, I've got acres of space for them. Now the hardest part- waiting.
Arrrrgh.
Bill
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Subject: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: shade tolerance
><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>
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>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
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Ken,
Thanks for the reply. I have plenty of room to experiment. For those that
don't like standing water, I could just plant them higher on the raised
hummocks whcih seem to be rather damp but not fully wet. Thanks again.
Bill
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From: Kenneth Walker <kenww@pacbell.net>
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Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: shade tolerance
>Another native of the Northeast is Iris prismatica. It's not as robust
>as I. versicolor and prefers "wet meadows" to standing water, but might
>do okay.
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>You might also try Iris setosa. It is an "arctic" iris, but some varieties
>grow fine for me in zone 9, where a certain amount of shade is helpful.
>
>Another possibility is Iris pseudocorus. It is frequently grown as a
>water iris, but is, in fact, tolerant of a variety of conditions. Just be
>warned that most varieties are large and a bit invasive.
>
>Ken Walker
>Concord, CA
>USDA Zone 9, Sunset Zone 14
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>BigAlligator@aol.com wrote:
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>> In a message dated 10/23/01 8:17:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>> Bwardwelliii@netzero.net writes:
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>> << The area I would like to plant in is
>> standing water in spring and damp during the summer months covered by
>> swamp maples which allow filtered light. >>
>>
>> Bill,
>> Maybe some forms of Iris versicolor?
>>
>> Mark A. Cook
>> BigAlligator@aol.com
>> Dunnellon, Florida.
>>
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. 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.
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>Linda Mann east Tennessee valley USA zone 7/8
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