Re: HYB: CULT: Re: summer deciduous folia
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- Subject: Re: HYB: CULT: Re: summer deciduous folia
- From: d*@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
- Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 11:55:11 -0500 (EST)
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From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
>> I don't know whether this is of interest, but the MDB species i. attica
>> (considered to be a subspecies of i. pumilla) goes completely dormant
>> during the summer.
>
>Seems like somebody posted that all/most of the dwarf species shed their
>leaves and shut down under stress (drought/heat/cold). I wonder if all
>the dwarf species are as variable as aphylla seems to be here. Or if
>all the aphyllas I got this year will keep their leaves once they get
>established. Do you grow other dwarfs that behave different from
>attica?
This summer I acquired an arilbred (1/2-bred, I think) called TINY PIRATE
which grows 6" tall. It was bright green and healthy when I received it,
but after planting it shed its leaves and stayed completely dormant/bald
for 2.5 months. It just started breaking dormancy in the last few days.
None of my other "regular" MDB cultivars have ever gone dormant. But then
here in Cincinnati we regularly get rains throughout the summer, and when
we don't, I water them.
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: Arilbreds, Rebloomers, and Native Ohio Species Irises
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