Re: making troughs, now irises
- Subject: Re: making troughs, now irises
- From: G* B*
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:26:38 -0400
Hello Claire,
We share the lack of bearded iris in our gardens...;-)
There are quite a few Iris pallida out there. I had in the area you saw
a photo of, the white variegated version, the yellow variegated version, the
species and the dalmatica from. Dalmatica form is very broad foliage and
deep blue-green color with heavy substance. The photo only showed the
species with the clematis. All the iris are on the west side of my garden
where they receive the setting sun... the intensity more than makes up for
the lack of time they are in light. All came from separate nursery sources
over some years.
About 3 years back I dug all the iris out of that section of the garden
and was going to move them... well I got the area replanted, but did not get
to place the iris back into the garden. They rotted over winter... too much
exposure and moisture over the winter. Only thing left is the species now.
The garden view you see no longer exists. Time to do some new photos.
We do get iris bores here, but not on the I. pallida that I am aware of.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
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Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: making troughs, now irises
> In a message dated 6/24/02 1:44:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> genebush@otherside.com writes:
>
> << www.munchkinnursery.com >>
>
> First let me say I have not been looking lately at your website and it is
> charming with a virtual tour - real shade inspiration.
>
> The question is the Iris pallida you picture growing with Nelly Moser. I
> have what I think is Iris pallida and have had it for years. Yours is
> carrying many flowers and the plants do not seem to be as large or as tall
as
> our plants.
>
> Ours are at least 2 inches wide, the leaves, on the healthiest and
produce,
> in full sun, many fewer flower stalks. Did you grow these from seed?
>
> I should say that most people grow them for the leaves as they remain a
> gorgeous bluish color all summer and are not attacked by any disease.
They
> are foliage plants of the best sort. I had not thought of them as shade
> plants, maybe I should move a few to the shade. They are the only tall
> bearded iris that I grow and I am very fond of this plant. It might be
> chancy to say they escape the iris borer but they do seem to do OK year
after
> year. I have not seen any borers here for a few years now as I have
banished
> all TB's some time ago.
>
> Irisarians like to talk endlessly about iris borers. I'll leave it that
they
> do a lot damge east of the Mississippi.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS zone 4
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