MED: RE: MDB bloom season and stuff
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- Subject: MED: RE: MDB bloom season and stuff
- From: E* G*
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 12:41:44 -0500
From: Ellen Gallagher <e_galla@moose.ncia.net>
Maureen Mark wrote:
>Jeff,
>You must be a lot closer to zone 5 than 4. My first MDBs bloom mid May, so
>I'm a few weeks away still. Daffodils are just getting going and crocuses
>are finishing.
And Maureen you sure are in Zone 4...daffodils here are about
3" high and some are still emerging. BUT I. danfordiae is in full
swing and I. reticulata (Clairette and also Natasha) are just
getting going. Natasha is a nice foil for Clairette but the yellow
of the danfordiae is eye-catching even from our second-story bedroom
window.
Bill Shear's advice about planting some English irises seems to
have been on the money since I saw some little green shoots just
starting to emerge from the cold ground. Also, McClure & Zimmerman
sent wonderfully healthy bulbs. Yes, they cost more but I got named
I. reticulatas which is want I wanted.
Spring has sprung even in Zone 3...but the ground is still frozen
after about four inches down. It better unthaw soon since I have
Siberians being shipped this week from Dana Borglum. Finally, Lake
Keuka will grace my garden. :)
1997 - June 1st, first MDB (Cradle Days) normal season
1998 - May 9th, first MDB (Cradle Days) very early season
1999 - ???? looks like another early season here - alas I left
Cradle Days behind at the old house but have
plenty of MDBs and all of them look good - except
for one I. pumila seedling that had the temerity to
die...it was one of yours, Lowell (sorry).
Ellen
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Northern New Hampshire, USA / Zone 3
Berlin, NH in 'The Great North Woods'
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