Re: subseries Chrysographes and hardiness,etc.

--- In sibrob@y..., Ellen Gallagher <ellengalla@y...> wrote:
> Laurie wrote that she has had good luck with one of the
> Chrysographes subseries (is it I. chrysographes?) in her Zone 3
> climate.

Mine is I. chrysographes, the near-black, that I acquired from a man 
in coastal Alaska zone 5.  I certainly wouldn't say I've had good
luck 
with it so far.  This is its third year in my garden, and it still 
hasn't managed to either bloom or increase past the single rhiz it 
started out as.  It already seems happier, however, in the much
damper 
location I moved it to last summer.  I really wasn't expecting it to 
survive this past winter, but I'm sure glad it did.  Now that I know 
you've successfully grown it in your zone 3, I'll quit waiting for it 
to die and send it far more positive vibes.  That should help.  :-)

>I. delavayi. The latter was the tallest iris in my
> garden and was a wonderful color.

Do you know a source?  It sounds like it would make an interesting 
addition to my garden.  What color is it?
 
> I have to
> go to the garden with my can of Comet and start trying to do the
> Spring-thing with some others.

After reading Ginny Spoon's article in one of the more recent AIS 
bulletins, I have been treating rot with a Triclosan hand soap
instead 
of Comet.  So far, so good.  It seems to be pretty effective at 
halting rot in progress.  It's already saved one of the IMMORTALITY 
rhizs I planted last year.  It started to rot more than a month ago, 
so I poured some soap over it, and now it's putting out aggressive 
growth on 5 new increases.

> Berlin, NH, US/The Great North Woods/Zone 3

I get a kick out of this every time I see it in your sig.  

Laurie
northern MN, US/ The REAL Great North Woods/Zone 3b  ;-)
                                                                      


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