Re: Bloom report - those that tried and failed
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- Subject: Re: Bloom report - those that tried and failed
- From: C* S* <s*@eden.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 19:58:46 -0700 (MST)
Donald Eaves wrote:
>
> Hello List,
>
> Of the 60 prox I ordered last year the following apparently will not bloom
> due to freeze damage of the buds:
>
> COPPER CLASSIC (Roderick '75)
> JUAN VALDEZ (Maryott 93)
> BATIK (Ensminger '86)
> CITY LIGHTS (Dunn, M. '91) this one may try, but is clearly blighted by
> frost damage.
>
> The following are probable/possible wipeouts as well:
>
> BEVERLY SILLS (Hager '79)
> CELESTE AZUL (Shockey '75) -AB
> KOKO KNOLL (Hunt '84) -AB
> SAHRA TASH (Shockey '86) -AB
>
> On the plus side OPALS FOR ETHEL (McAllister '84) - AB is showing color in
> the bud, as is the aril. All those already grown here in years past seem
> to have escaped the freeze and will likely bloom. It remains to be seen
> how many of the newer ones will manage. Some only had good growth on the
> increase and the mother rhizome appears too sickly to manufacture any
> bloom. 4 didn't put on increase and I'd rather they wait rather than bloom
> out. None showed any outward signs of much damage from the freeze, but bud
> growth came pretty much to a grinding halt on those which were apparent and
> now they've grown enough the damage can be seen.
>
> Donald Eaves
> donald@eastland.net
> Zone 7 - if these do not acclimatize the vagaries of our weather, they will
> need to move further north or south. Too bad.
Donald,
I had some minimal damage as well. I did get two open buds on Aura Light
(Blyth 96) that were wonderful. Alas, the remaining 6 were damaged. I am
hoping the damage to Wishful Thinking (Keppel 96) is not as severe. The
Batik here were undamaged.
Cliff Snyder Austin, Tx
Rainbow Iris Farm Zone 8
