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Planting without containers
If you're thinking of planting without a container, say in the waterfalls or
in a bog, please consider the mature size of the plant. When it comes to Yellow Flag Iris, I am dense enough to have to learn this lesson twice! First time I planted that small little slip of a plant I put it into the bog (what I refer to as a bog, not a 'real' bog). After growing for 2-3 seasons that dang thing was 4' wide by 5' tall and fused to the bottom of the bog. I got rid of all but one little piece that I put into a container. On a whim, I tucked a small little slip of a plant into the top of the waterfalls. Mistake. It was so large that it was busting out the side walls of the waterfalls. I had to remove the liner to get that thing out. It was too dense to 'cut' any pieces out, but after 2 hours I finally dragged it's butt out of the pond. Tomorrow it's going to the compost pile. -- Wendy* in N. California, "Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative." Mordecai Siegal |
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