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RE: Anchorage, setosa, and Iris Encyclopedia

 

These are awesome pix, Liselotte!  And what a view!!!  What a hardy versicolor that one is too!
 
You're right, Mark, most tend to think Florida is indeed mostly tropical.  Ice combined with winter freezes is sure hard on the plants.
 
There's a heavy frost here this morning, but thankfully doesn't look like a killing frost as yet.
 
El, Ste Anne, MB Z3
 
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
From: lhirsbrunner@mac.com
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:44:45 +0200
Subject: Re: [iris-species] 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

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