Siberians
- Subject: Siberians
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 11:26:44 EST
In a message dated 11/1/02 8:55:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
genebush@otherside.com writes:
> We seem to be in agreement, the three of us. I am down to one Siberian
> iris that I truly like in the garden.
Gene,
Ask JoAn to try the old hybrid 'Orville Fay'. Since digging up a Siberian
requires a lot of strength and determination you don't want to be dividing
all the time. Orville has bluish foliage and huge blue flowers. It does not
need division for ten years or ever if you hack one side off once in a while
to prevent the center die out. The foliage is tall and perfect until snowed
upon. It is a tall, imposing plant that makes many flowers with one branch
so so you get a second bloom. Siberians do not carry many buds and those
with no branching are a too quick show. Orville is my favorite and the first
marketed by the 100 year old Dr. McEwen of Maine. It is the only Siberian
ever noticed in my garden. If you are going to grow Siberians, select very
good ones.
With the word foliage, I throw out the pronunciation if this word. It was
fo-li-age, three syllables for most of my life. Now I hear it on TV programs
as fo-lage, two syllables. I have passed into a new era without knowing it or
someone needs to tell me we have had a change. This is true with quite a few
words, I have outlived my education.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
