all year bloom
- Subject: all year bloom
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 01:06:56 EST
In a message dated 12/6/02 10:33:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
genebush@otherside.com writes:
> others gardens. But, having said that, I try to have something in bloom that
> I like at least 10 or 11 months of the year. I used to try for 12, but
> finally admitted no way I will get something to bloom in January here. Not
> consistently, anyway.
>
> Gene,
>
> In one of the early Beverley Nichols books, he has written what amounts to
> the same paragraph as yours above. Then a chapter on how to do it.
>
> I cannot remember all of the genera used by Iris unguicularis is
> remembered. I got some seed from SIGNA and grew two pots of this Iris
> producing a flower only once. I could not seem to remember the cycles of
> growth and eventually lost the plant by watering it all summer. Now along
> with the name tag, I add another tag to the pot with cultural instructions.
> A sign of age is forgetfulness so more than two or three pots of tender
> plants with no instruction leaves one straining to remember just what that
> plant wants to live. It also wants a higher pH than ordinary potting soil.
> One day I will try this again for winter bloom indoors. Some cultivars are
> intensely fragrant.
>
> Can you grow I. unguicularis in your warmer location? The UK books and now
> even American books recommend against a southern '"wall." Where are all
> these walls to shelter less hardy plants? If starting over with a new
> garden, be sure to build a sheltering south facing "wall."
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
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