Re: Re: CULT:Vicki Ann

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Margaret Boehm wrote:
> 
> 
> Speaking of plants that don't want to grow, do others have trouble with
> Vicki Ann?  I have tried three time now to establish a clumb and my last
> 
> attempt just died.....sigh.  I also have trouble with I.sib.nana which
> is now hanging on by its hair roots.
> Margaret Boehm
> Wilton, CT zone 6

Margaret,

Hang in there. One of our I. siberica nana alba plants is a large and
vigorous clump planted in Fall 1996. Its been moved and abused. It's now
about two feet in diameter and the foliage is exactly 26 inches high. It
was covered in beautiful white flowers this year. A second and smaller
clump from the same parent was disadvantaged in its location, so it only
reached about 16 inches high. We wonder how large our brand new I.
siberica nana alba (Perry 1912) will become in the next year or two. The
six to eight inch height description doesn't seem to apply here, so far.

Then again, the height restrictions don't seem to apply to the other
Siberians either. MABEL CODAY presently has foliage 39 inches high,
instead of 30 inches. REDDY MAID is 46 inches high, instead of 30
inches. EARLY BLUEBIRD is 49 inches, instead of 32 inches. HIGH
STANDARDS is 56 inches, instead of 44 inches. Surprisingly, they grew to
these dimensions even though they weren't watered very well after May of
this year. There were very few rainfalls, and we barely watered them. I
have to wonder what would have happened if we had done so.

Our Japanese Iris are underachievers, so far. We suspect its our neglect
of their feeding and watering. So, there is something special about
growing Siberians here.

Dallas Patterson
nye@fidalgo.net
USDA Zone 6
on Puget Sound in Washington
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