Re: SPEC: I. tectorum

	Ian E. wrote:

>Ian, in Ottawa where winter damage is minimal this year although
>tectorum looks like boiled cabbage!  Luckily, it usually recovers from
>this state of "death"!

	We lost our snow cover and had flooding in the gardens BUT I
	was so surprised that the I. tectorum sent me by Mark Cook last
	year is looking great...wish I could say the same for some of the
	other '97 bearded acquisitions - everything is alive (whew) but we
	are having a Zone 4-5 Spring with freeze-thaw conditions. :(

	I. tectorum is planted on a slope...that may have saved it. Also.
	the versicolor 'Kermesina' sent by Dennis Hager came up through
	the snow last week and is growing like a weed. :) Of course, all the
	beardless look OK including the species I. setosa,I chrysographes, etc.

	We are (gulp) moving our household in May and I am still mildly
	hysterical about moving the garden....still will be in Zone 3 just
	30 miles east of here.

	Cheers,

	Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher  / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
Siberian iris robin   /   sibrob@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / USDA Zone 3
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