Re: dutch bulbs & cold climate iris

From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>

Pat,

I find dutch bulbs and reticulatas survive well for two years with our snow
cover.  Like you, we can go to -40C with heavy snow cover.  I have two Dutch
iris, a deep purple, that are still blooming from a mixture of 25 that was
planted four or five years ago.  Similarly, only a very dark purple
reticulata continues to survive from a mixture of 50 planted a few years
before that.

As Mark suggests, pseudacorus, tectorum and hybrids of versicolor, virginica
and pseudacorus do very well for us.  We have tested arils and will be
expanding our collection.  We will likely do the same for spurias.  We
haven't yet decided what we will be doing with the PCN seeds we are getting
from Vicki.  We may try a few in the ground next year.

While not in the genus Iris, but in the family Iricidae (did I get that
right?), belamcanda also does well.

Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)


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> From: 	Steve Johndro[SMTP:johndros@ainop.com]
> Reply To: 	iris-talk@onelist.com
> Sent: 	Thursday, September 03, 1998 1:26 AM
> To: 	iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: 	[iris-talk] dutch bulbs
> 
> From: Steve Johndro <johndros@ainop.com>
> 
> Marte...I planted my dutch iris bulbs last fall and I had a great
> showing from them this summer.  I was also surprised they came back as
> they were not zoned for my area.  I thought I would give them a try just
> to see what they did.  I grow a lot of things that aren't for my zone
> just to see if they  will grow.  I like to beat the "zone" guides.  I
> planted a heather this summer...not for my zone but someone else here
> has one that blossoms beautiful so I'm also giving it a try.  Thanks for
> the advice on the other irises...I'll have to try some of them.  I think
> the dutch did so well because of the amount of snow we
> recieve..insulated them real well.  Happy gardening..Pat
> 
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