I've grown them for 3 years now (bloomed this year & last) in my garden in Cincinnati Ohio. I don't do anything special. It is in regular garden soil, and it gets no special water in the summer. In midafternoon the clump is under the shade of a very tall maple tree. However, I must say that they are not particularly thriving. They do grow & bloom, but compared to my other irises (regular bearded kind) they show very little sign of increasing from year to year. Dennis in Cincinnati At 12:35 PM 7/20/2004, you wrote: >Is anyone growing this successfully enough to reliably get flowers? >If so, what kind of soil mix do you use and what is your watering >regimen in summer? Do you dry it off completely and bake it in the >sun, give it dry shade, keep it cool and damp, or what? > >And what about fertilization? > > > >-- >Rodger Whitlock >Victoria, British Columbia, Canada >Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate > >on beautiful Vancouver Island >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php