CULT:TB: A Whole New List - The Hardiest of the Hardy
- Subject: CULT:TB: A Whole New List - The Hardiest of the Hardy
- From: l*
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 02 14:20:45 -0600
Hello, All,
First a bit of background - I've been working very hard to determine how
to keep TBs happy and healthy up here in zone 3b. My first attempt was a
miserable failure - killed almost everything. My second attempt was
nearly as bad. - rampant rot again that wiped out about 2/3 of my iris
beds. Then I found iris-talk and read and read and read until I
understood what I was doing wrong and how to correct all the errors.
Attempt number three ('00 planting) was extremely successful - minimal
losses and 50% bloom in '01 on first year plants (not so hot for CA,
maybe, but darn good up here!). Which brings us up to this year, the
spring that never was.
Bad, BAD iris year! Maybe it was the prolonged, cold winter-spring
transition that refused to allow the irises to get growing. Maybe it was
the soil compacted by deer traffic all winter over the iris beds. Maybe
it was over- or under-fertilizing. Maybe it was the moldy condition of
some of the new TBs received last summer. Maybe it was any or all of 100
other variables. Whatever the cause(s), my main bed of 200+ TBs now
contains only about 30 living plants. Of those, the following 22 are the
only ones that survived the winter with more than 3 fans per clump.
Among the victims were almost all of last year's 104 TB acquisitions
along with quite a few established, 2 yr old clumps.
And so, my list of the hardiest of the hardy TBs ...
BLUE SHIMMER (hasn't bloomed yet - likely to be misidentified)
ENGLISH COTTAGE
GALLANT MOMENT
GETUP AND GO
GOTHIC
IMMORTALITY
JESSE'S SONG
LOS ANGELES
MISTY TWILIGHT
NIGHTSHADE
OLYMPIAD
PROUD TRADITION
PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE
RAIN CHECK
RAMESES
ROYAL CHANT
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
STARSTRUCK
STEPPING OUT
SUPERSTITION
TAMARISK ('01 acquisition that may turn out to be another mislabeled
TANTARA)
ZURICH
There were additional established TB survivors in my rebloomer beds which
are located in a much more sheltered location on the south side of the
house, but again, almost all new acquisitions planted in those beds
perished this year.
At least now I know who the parents will be if I should ever get bitten
by the hybridizing bug.
Laurie
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laurief@paulbunyan.net
http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
zone 3b northern MN - clay soil
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