Re: [SG] Vesper Iris
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Vesper Iris
- From: G* <g*@OTHERSIDE.COM>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 10:20:08 -0500
Hello Claire,
I see where Paul has already touched on the problem and I agree with him.
The zone rating for the Vesper Iris is generally zone 5. You have surviving
plants, but can't keep mature ones long enough to bloom. Try a protected
corner near a wall that gets afternoon sun. While these will take a bit of
shade, they will not tolerate a lot of it and still bloom. Besides you need
the afternoon light to get them to perform the afternoon opening and
closing. Thus the Vesper name.
I ordered my original plants and then propagated them for the nursery from
seeds off of the parent plants.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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> From: Claire Peplowski <ECPep@AOL.COM>
> In a message dated 1/9/99 5:00:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM writes:
>
> << Would like to have added them to go along with the Blackberry
> Lilies and
> the Vesper Iris in the garden. >>
>
> It is your good fortune to grow the Vesper Iris (are they SIGNA seeds?).
I
> have been growing these plants for about five years with nary a bloom. I
have
> tried indoor seeding, growing in pots, high pH soil, etc. They either do
not
> like me or our zone is too inhospitable. I haven't tried part shade.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> East Nassau, NY
> z4
