[pbs] Tigrida
Tony Avent
tony at plantdel.com
Wed Sep 17 07:09:26 EDT 2003
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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Tony Avent
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