Re: RE: CULT: Bloom Report
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] RE: CULT: Bloom Report
- From: E* C*
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 10:15:59 -0500
A few years ago, we got a heavy frost overnight in late May; it was totally
unexpected. The peonies were already over 1 foot tall and setting buds.
When I got up that morning, and saw this around 5am, I watered everything
for about an hour, til the frost disappeared, then had to dash off to work.
There was also no damage. The frost must have arrived only shortly before.
BTW, Bill, I recently got your book "The Gardener's Iris Book". I'll be
recommending it to anyone new to growing irises. I only wish I'd had a book
like this when I was a rooky gardener. The photos are wonderful as well.
El, near Winnipeg, Z3
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Shear <wshear@hams-hsc.hsc.edu>
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 9:44 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] RE: CULT: Bloom Report
>Many, many years ago when I was growing irises in northern
>Pennsylvania, a low 20s freeze was predicted early in the TB bloom
>season. I was away at college (that was when we had 17-week
>semesters and didn't get home until mid-June) but my dear old dad
>went out every hour or so that night and sprayed the iris beds with
>water. By sunrise the stalks were encased in ice, but there was no
>damage.
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