Re: CULT:Iris Growing in SFV
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- Subject: Re: CULT:Iris Growing in SFV
- From: I* S* <i*@ucla.edu>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 12:18:47 -0600 (MDT)
Thankyou for this info also. I'm trying to prepare for winter, such as it
is here, and I'm wondering if I should cut the green back. If so, how close
to the ground should I go? The tips of the leaves are turning brown, but
they never go completely dormant. Please advise and thankyou!!
Looking forward to meeting everyone in October,
Ida
At 07:20 PM 9/19/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Ida Smith wrote:
>
>> The irises were divided last winter when they went dormant.
>
>Perhaps they just didn't have time to get settled in
>before bloom time. The start of autumn is a better
>time to divide and conquer than winter. Over and
>above the issue of the lack of time, a period of
>active root growth might be better than one of
>dormancy, anyway.
>
>One additional comment. The last two springs have
>had the highest percentage of non-bloom in remembered
>history for several of us in the San Fernando Valley
>(many of whom are better and longer-established
>irisarians than I am). It's hard to tell exactly what
>the culprit is, but the warm winters and cooler springs
>confused many plants in addition to iris.
>
>-Gerry, hoping to finish digging this weekend (when not
>working at our sale at the Promenade Mall), and find
>a source of alfalfa pellets
>
>--
>gcsnyd@loop.com AIS Region 15
>Warm, winterless Los Angeles
>President of San Fernando Valley Iris Society
>My work? Helping generate data for http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo
>
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