tall irises flopping over
The Silent Seed (Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:06:47 PDT)
Jane, I too am in Mass; so we obviously are having similar experiences (as
per what you wrote.) Guess I'll just have to go with good old bamboo stakes
for a couple of weeks.
It's definitely been a "dank dark spring" here for sure - We are still in
the low to mid 60's in the morning - which I absolutely love.
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:02 PM, Jane Sargent <jane@deskhenge.com> wrote:
I live in Massachusetts, zone 5.
It´s better not to overfertilize irises, to keep them a bit shorter.
Tomato fertilizer is my favorite.
I agree that the conditions in which the iris was bred or raised are
important. Irises blooming for the first time in my garden may have been
overfertilized and tend to grow tall. The second year, they are better. A
dank, dark Spring produces taller ones, too.
As for rebloomers, California-bred irises, much as I love the bubble
ruffles and all, do not rebloom here in Massachusetts for me. The best
rebloomer here is an old one, "immortality," white and lovely.
Jane
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