Same here Jim. I'm hoping the 1 bed I covered friday might still
yield a few blooms. Also 1 juno I put a bucket over might still bloom.
Everything looks terrible in southcentral Kansas. This would make
anyone cry. Only iris that are OK are the new acquisitions from Au.
potted up in the greenhouse with a heat lamp on. This pretty much
makes up my mind on the different ways I was thinking of for
growing the pure Arils. I will plant them in pots sunk in the bed
I'm preparing for them. If this happens in the future I can pull
them out and put in the greenhouse.
John Baumfalk
--- In iris-species@yahoogroups.com, Jim Murrain <jmurrain@...> wrote:
>
> Was just out looking at the garden. A week of hard freezes
> has taken a tremendous toll. The aril iris were in bud and all are mush
> lying the ground. The juno iris are badly damaged, but at least they
> flowered. Spuria look the best, pseudacorus the worst. Siberian and
> louisiana have a few leaves that look OK. All the bearded are soft
> and mostly lying the ground. This is a disastrous spring!
>
> Trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials ,all are badly damaged or
> dead. Every lily has melted to mush. Flowering trees and shrubs had
> all new growth and flower buds killed, they will have to start over from
> scratch if they can!
>
> I hope your gardens have fared better then mine. It makes a
> grown man cry!
>
>
> Jim
>
>
> Jim Murrain
> 8871 NW Brostrom Rd
> Kansas City, Missouri 64152-2711
> USA
> Zone 5b/6a
>
