Re: Late Snow endurance
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- Subject: Re: Late Snow endurance
- From: "* L* M* <l*@cdepot.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 23:19:19 -0600 (MDT)
Hi Bill,
Welcome aboard the iris- l. It will be nice to communicate with you about
your irises. My irises have taken a beating this past year. I was not able
to get out in February to fertilize, therefore the irises have not divided
very much or any. Some have done better than others and those are the
older ones that have been in the garden longer and a older variety. The
snow last week broke a lot of the leaves off and the rain have spotted the
leaves. I hope with the increase sun and warmth, that they will improve.
Few buds at this time.
Hope all your irises are doing well and you have a great season. Good luck!
Lora Masche
Forquin Mountain Iris Garden
21643 Shake Ridge Road
Volcano, CA 95689
(209)296-4436
http://welcome.to/irisgarden
-----Original Message-----
From: WSTONE <wstone@volcano.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 9:13 PM
Subject: Late Snow endurance
>In reading the ongoing subjects being batter about and while trying to
re-coup from
>last weeks snow, I'm going to ask maybe a novice question but I feel if you
haven't
>battered it around you might.
> Has anyone done a survey on which plants survive a late storm better
than others.
>I don't mean species or particular name but whether it is a first year,
second year,
>or older planting. My own thoughts, the older clusters form a basket and
catch snow
>thus trapping moisture in the process, but snow sometimes insulates also.
Bill Stone
> wstone@volcano.net
> Stone's Iris Garden 3500' elevation Zone 7
>
>
