Re: Haunting reblooming in New Mexico
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  • Subject: Re: Haunting reblooming in New Mexico
  • From: &* G* C* <j*@cox.net>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:50:21 -0400
 

Sharon  --  I'll pass that along to Elouise and her garden friends.  She told me that she erected a shade over Haunting when it was about to bloom. 
 
And yet another reason for St. Bernards!  I'm reminded of the old cartoon of the two snowbound mountaineers rejoicing as a St. Bernard approached with a cask attached to its collar.  "Look!" cried one, "it's man's best friend."  "Right!" exclaimed the other, "and look at the big dog carrying it!"  --  Griff
 
 
 

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Subject: Re: [iris-photos] Haunting reblooming in New Mexico

 

In a message dated 10/11/2010 8:12:56 AM Mountain Daylight Time, j*@cox.net writes:
'Haunting' is a TB, Chuck, so maybe we'll have to send some SDBs to the southwest and see how they do.  From what I've heard, though, they'll fry.  --  Griff
Gus Seligmann had a median display garden in Las Cruces.  It was well-shaded and in a microclimate with enough winter chill to induce bloom.
 
I also grew some SDBs in my garden across the river on the west mesa.  In this hotter microclimate, they needed protection from the intense heat -- a low ramada worked best but those under the grape arbor fared reasonably well and shadecloth provided some protection in open areas.   To get more than a very small percentage of bloom, when it fell below freezing I'd spread the ice formed in the dog's water pan over the beds to prolong the chilling. 
 
That may not sound like much, but when the dog is a St. Bernard and his water pan is a large metal stock tank it does make a difference.
 
Sharon McAllister
 
 

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