Re: CULT?: Photoperiodic Irises?
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: CULT?: Photoperiodic Irises?
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 11:26:36 -0600 (MDT)
On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
> Linda Mann writes:
> >This would certainly be a good year to try to sort out some of that
> >stuff - things are all 'mixed up' in my garden as they seem to be
> >elsewhere. <snip>
> >VICTORIA FALLS seems to be very slow to get started - longer daylength
> >requirement?
>
> VF is growing ridiculously short stalks here. I've seen three cases now -
> in various soils - of VF with 8- and 9-inch stalks! She won't "fall over"
> this year.
>
> celia
> storey@aristotle.net
> Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
> -----------------------------------
Celia, we toured several gardens yesterday and saw the extent of
the freeze damage. I, also, saw VF and a lot of other things blooming on
extremely short stalks. Early blooming varieties like LADY FRIEND and
BEFORE THE STORM had their buds 'blasted' and have turned into parchment.
It seems as if the historic cultivars were not affected by the
freeze. Three in particular in my own garden are perfect.
LALITHA MALLETTE, one of the few introductions of Phil Edinger,
is a magnificient blue on white plicata that was introduced in
1964. It is standing tall and strutting her stuff.
ZANTHA, Fay '47, an enormous yellow with some lace.
MOONLIT SEA, Sasses, 1943, always draws a crowd. Colorwise, it is
still the standard for judging luminatas.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
