Re: Re: CULT: rot, bald plants, burying rhizomes (was aspects of rot long)

Linda,

>VANITY is in some of the worst gravel here, and usually does go bald
>during prolonged hot dry weather.  I had always viewed this as a drought
>survival mechanism, but I guess it is also a good way to avoid summer
>herbivores!  Drain all those carbohydrates out of the leaves into the
>rhizome before the bugs get them.

Only works if the plants wait 'til the summer herbivores have left for the
winter.  The dormant arilbreds have been trying to grow for 4 weeks or so
and are being kept cut off at ground level.  I had a small square of shade
cloth leftover and laid it over a patch of them and weighted down the edges
so the 'hoppers can't crawl under (easily, at least).  Those are now up to 4
and 5 inches with the protection and pushing against the shade cloth.  Those
uncovered are usually either barely visible or detectable only if I've got
my face against the ground.  Some won't survive the continual eating of the
new growth, I expect.  Re VANITY, though.  Seems there is at least one pink
that does not show a propensity for rot based on your post and my
experience.  This has been a pretty sturdy plant here with usually reliable
bloom in addition to being the truest shade of pink (no yellow, orange or
lavender tints) of any I've grown.  Though pretty, I still find the pink
ones odd to look at.  Somehow I've never adjusted to pink being an iris
color, though I don't have trouble with some of the other unusual shades.

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA



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