TB that do NOT make it thru hard winter
- Subject: TB that do NOT make it thru hard winter
- From: l*@hotmail.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 19:57:58 -0000
You know what I would really like to see? A list of iris to AVIOD if
you live in a rather cold climate. It's nice to know those that will
live, but its also nice to know what ones to pass on.
I have only grown named iris for a year, so I have little to offer.
But I did notice that of the 40 odd ones I have, the following
observations:
The shrivelled up ones from Walmart, that I only bought because I
felt sorry for them in October...came up like gangbusters.
(alledgedly Dover Beach, Sultan's Palace, Prissy Miss).
All others were OK with the exception of the 2 Lemon Custard; both
had identical mushy dead-looking sprouts (one's toughing it out,
trying to make a comeback; one's giving up the ghost)and something
called Parquet, which sits right now like a comatose lump, neither
dead or alive.
Thanks
Laetitia
--- In iris-talk@y..., Sandra Barss <barsssa@m...> wrote:
> Hi, everyone.
>
> I live just southeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada) in Zone 3. I
have
> been reading some of the archives and it is nice to see other people
> from Zone 3 in this group.
>
> I have been growing irises for just three years now and am still
trying
> to find out which irises will survive and bloom after our winters.
I am
> currently growing SDB, BB, IB, MTB, and TB irises, as well as,
Siberian
> and versicolor irises. I would also like to try Spuria Irises, too.
>
> I would be interested in knowing what irises other people in Zone 3
are
> having luck with.
>
> In terms of TB I have had the following irises be reliable bloomers
for
> me:
>
> Oregon Skies
> Jesse's Song
> Stepping Out
> Merlot (first year), but came through winter looking great
> Rhonda Fleming
> Black Tie Affair
> Swingtown
> Thunder Spirit
> Tempting Fate
> Snowmound
> and I even had Pagan Dance rebloom for me last year in September.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sandra Barss
> Zone 3
> Manitoba, Canada
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