Re: Iris in cold climates
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- Subject: Re: Iris in cold climates
- From: P* &* Y* T* <t*@dynamite.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 05:40:21 -0600 (MDT)
At 21:43 7/04/98 -0600, you wrote:
>
>Paul Tyerman wrote: One of the major irrigation rivers in the state is
>expected to stop flowing within the next couple of weeks.
>
>Paul I sincerely hope you don't mean the mighty Murray river that forms the
>border between N.S.W. and Victoria. It was still flowing last evening when
>we went to check for an Easter campsite and we live only 6 kms away. This
>reminds of a story I heard recently regarding a fishing competition much
>further upstream toward Yarrawonga. A bloke told his fishing buddy that not
>only should he bring his fishing tackle to the competition but to also
>bring the water as well. This indicates the dire situation for the
>irrigators and the citizens all the way along the Murray.
Nope, the Macquarie River. The murray would definitely not just be "one of
the biggest", it'd be the beginning of the end!!!!
>Our clumps of unguicularis are about to bloom. When we see the very first
>blooms we give it a clipping with hedgeclippers to expose the flowers. From
>now on it will be a cushion of blooms.
I do the same. None of mine have even started looking like flowering yet
(I have 6 different varieties of Unguicularis - Miniature electric blue,
Mary Barnard, Walter Butt, Blue Stripe, white, normal, and come to think of
it another one.... makes 7!!
Paul Tyerman
(Canberra Australia)
