Tigrida
Elizabeth Waterman (Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:39:29 PDT)

Hi,
Anther comment on shade and Tigridias from the Berkeley
area.  Here they grow beautifully in full sun or shade and
anything in between.  Those that are in the ground are in
full sun on a dry hill.
At home I have some in a container with tuberous begonia in
the shade. (They bloom at different times)  Also in a
container in part shade.  None of them gets a lot of water,
neither do they go completely dry.  I think too much
moisture would rot them out.
Liz W

Tony Avent wrote:

Theresa:

I don't think the tigridias are going to grow well
in light shade.  I
would try full sun for at least half a day.  

At 09:15 PM 9/16/2003 -0500, you wrote:

Last Spring, I planted several tigrida that I got either

from Yucca Du

or Plant Delights.  I put them at the sloping base of a

liveoak tree in

rich loamy soil where they got bright filtered light all

day.  They were

deeply soaked every 5-7 days. Two of the three plants put

up some very

scraggly sparse foliage and the other did nothing.  There

was never even

the hint of a blossom.  

I was afraid that full sun in our very harsh summers

would be too much

for them.  What did I do wrong?  Do they need to be kept

very moist?

Companion plants were Cypella Herbertii and several

oxallis and they all

bloomed all season.  Nearby, in the same bed, iris

japonica are thick

and thrive.

Theresa Massey

Austin TX, Zone 8B, 20-110F, approx 30" annual rainfall

(long droughts

punctuated by flash floods)  

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