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  Re: Observations on growing plants in bogs
From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2002.06.09 at 22:27:05(8977)
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>I have not had the same experience with my yellow flags (Iris pseudacorus
or
>my blue flags (Iris versicolor). They were in the same situation: water
>rose to above their crowns (growing points) during the spring, and rot set
>in quickly. If I had not lifted them they would undoubtedly have died, even
>though they did have "water roots". The difference seems to be whether or
>not they have developed "water crowns". The water level rose to about 2"
>above their emerged stalks. They had been in normal soil, then flooded in
>the spring, and the water kept rising.
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