Re: sibs for western Washington

I would encourage you to consider Japanese irises and hybrids of Pacific Coast Natives. Both could compliment your roses quite nicely. The Japanese irises are heavy feeders, which could fit in with you rose feeding schedule. With your notoriously cool summers, Japanese iris bloom should be extended. On the downside, Japanese irises would have to be watered heavily during your dry summer. I suspect you're already doing that with the roses.
 
Dennis Hager
on Delmarva
 
 
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Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: [sibrob] sibs for western Washington

I live in Stanwood near Puget Sound on the border between zone 8a and
8b.  For years my garden has been exclusively roses but because of the
lack of the color blue in my garden I decided to include irises also.
My first attempt was not very successful with bearded irises.  The
reason for this is that I try to keep my garden soil around ph
6.3-6.5.  I also use bark as a mulch.  Bearded irises do not do very
well in this environment but it seems to be perfect for Siberians.

I am particularly interested in remontant varieties.

I would be interested in knowing which varieties would be most likely
to bloom more than once in my garden's environment.  Also are there
any other iris types that might do well in my garden?

We live on 2.5 acres.  Two gardens take up about half of this area.
At present we have around 700 roses and 40 irises.

Comments and suggestions would be appreciated.

Len Heller







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