Re: Dutch iris
- To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Dutch iris
- From: "* Y* <m*@javanet.com>
- Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 16:09:59 -0000
What kind of fertilizer did you use, Jeanne??
Marie
-----Original Message-----
From: jeanne latta <jplatta@yahoo.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 4:34 PM
Subject: Dutch iris
>
>Wyn and several others have been discussing the joys and woes of dutch
>iris. I received about 10 bulbs about 4 years ago as a bonus for
>ordering from Brecks. I duly planted them, and each year they have
>come up but never bloomed..just the leaves. UNTIL this year. What
>did I do differently? I fertilized!! I wasn't fertilizing the
>iris..I was fertilizing the daffodils and tulips which are in the same
>bed. I just scattered it around liberally, and of course
>unintentionally gave some to the iris. The moral of the story is,
>give the little suckers some fertilizer. They were really beautiful
>and the blooms lasted for at least a week or more. ( which is more
>than I can say for my poppies, which are the greatest disappointment
>of my life)
>Jeanne in Ohio
>
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