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Re: Anchorage, setosa, and Iris Encyclopedia

Hi Debbie and Mark, 

This just goes to show me, never assume to figure out the climate by latitude! 17 º F is equal to -10 ) C. Now that is pretty cold for us. The coldest night experienced in 22 years, here at 1300 m (approx. 4000ft.) was one time only at - 17 º C. Temps to drop to - 13 º C happens once in a while. But for Florida this must be devastating! We had the first snow on October 10 (see pictures) and we lost the crowns  on 5 young Magnolia  accuminata. The large leaves were still totally green. Picking up the debris, i found one flower about to open. Took it inside and fully open it looked more yellow, and now I wonder if these seedlings are not hybrids?

Although all perennials were flattened by the heavy, wet snow, the reblooming Iris versicolor stood up again and is still blooming. We also had to  frosts last week!

Liselotte


October 10
 


October 10
 


October 18
 


Oct. 18
 


Iris verisvolor has been reblooming for just over a month, the snow flattened all perennials, but this iris ' stood up again!



>To answer the inquiry about what we can grow in Anchorage, I will include a few plants that I am dealing with now for you.
 
Debbie,
     Do you have any photos of the garden or of Anchorage in general that you can send to me at b*@bellsouth.net ?  I find this interesting. 
 
     Many think of Florida as being totally tropical.  But, that is not the case.  The only place in the state that never has had a freeze are the Keys.  But, freezes in the southern part of the state are rare.  Winter freezes are fairly common where I am.  Shown is some ice on vegetation during a freeze this past winter.  This happened when some marine air passed through during a freeze.  The temperature when I took the photo was 17° F.
 
Mark A. Cook
b*@bellsouth.net
Dunnellon, Florida. 

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