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Hi all,
Yes, there is
a mailing list for iris, as I mentioned in my message the other day. It is
on e-groups, called 'iris-talk'. I have ordered from several
nurseries. There is Superstition Iris Gardens, CA; Winterberry Iris, VA;
Iris City Gardens, TN; Friendship Gardens, PA; and Nichols Gardens, MD; and
Suttons' Iris Gardens, CA--just to mention a few. Check out the American
Iris Society's webpage http://www.irises.org/. They have alot
of links to online catalogs, including some of those mentioned above and lots of
other good information about growing irises, etc.
Lynn Lamb
Zone 7b
Belmont, NC
----- Original Message -----
From:
m*@clark.net
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: mulching T.B. iris
Elle,
I haven't actually purchased iris for donkey's
years - have more than
I can handle, as my garden is mostly shady and half
of mine don't get
enough sun to bloom well as it is. They increase
exponentially:-)
Know there have to be a lot of others on this list who
buy TB iris
regularly and can advise on the best sources for them.
There is also
a mailing list devoted to iris. I think it's still
around - anybody
know? Used to be on it, but un-subbed long
ago.
If you can, leave your rhizomes totally exposed when you mulch.
That's hard, I know, when you have a mixed bed, but try to keep
the
mulch off the rhizomes as much as possible.
I tend to
keep my iris in separate groups toward the front of beds
where I can get at
them as they need so much futzing with during a
season to keep them
semi-tidy and don't mulch those areas at all. Of
course some gets in
there and leaves fall on them. I try to keep the
leaves cleared off
and scoot errant mulch off the rhizomes...don't
always succeed, but that is
the goal.
I think keeping rhizomes clear of mulch is more important in
wet
climates than dry ones, esp. if the wet is accompanied by
heat
(heat+moisture=rot a lot).
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
m*@clark.net
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From: eleanor <e*@easystreet.com>
>
Date: Friday, May 12, 2000 12:01 PM
>
> Marge-thanks for the clue
about mulching the Tall Bearded Iris!
> As mine are beginning to bloom
gloriously, of course I am also
beginning
> to get Iris
catalogues. I have a couple of questions-
> Amongst the catalogs,
who do you find to be the the best supplier
of
> quality iris?
Who would you keep away from?
> Knowing I am going to generally mulch
the entire area, should I
leave
> more of the rhizome exposed that I
might normally?
> I mulch twice yearly with large chips mixed with
compost (I have a
> chipper/shredder that I put both these ingredients
thru.) Usually
in the
> late winter when the winter tree limb loss
gets chipped up and one
of
> the compost tubs is full-and then again
in the mid fall often
during a
> fall garden cleaning. When putting
iris in the ground,
> All my beds are mixed beds-they might not have
started out that
way, but
> I have a soft heart for companion plants
and tend to just plop
things
> where I think I'll like them and they
will grow. Thus the iris
will get
> mulched along with
everything else-though now that I have read your
> post, I'll get out
and clean up around them.
> elle in cedar mill oregon
>
>
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