CULT: TB: survivors

Hello All,

Bill (I think it was Bill) asked within the last week or so for a list of 
my survivors - a request I spaced out until today.  Sorry about that.  
Here's the first installment.

Some background explanation - out of 365 named iris cvs last fall, 
including all bearded classes plus a few beardless species and Sibs (but 
mostly TBs), I lost a total of 181 cvs (almost all TBs) either over 
winter, during the spring transition, or later in the growing season this 
year. 

The following list is divided into 4 rather loose categories, as you will 
see. This list represents only the TBs growing in my rebloomer beds.  The 
rebloomer beds are located in a sheltered area on the south side of my 
house in full sun.  The beds are raised, heavy clay heavily amended with 
sand (LOTS and LOTS of sand), gypsum, and well-aged horse manure.  At 
this point, the "soil" is quite sandy in texture.  Almost all new irises 
added to those beds in '01 succombed over the winter, but almost all 
established clumps survived, and many bloomed.

The majority of my TB losses were in the main beds which are not 
represented in these lists.  I can provide similar lists of the few 
survivors in the main beds later, if there's interest.

SURVIVED WITH GOOD SIZED CLUMPS AND BLOOMED THIS YEAR
Queen Dorothy
Autumn Bugler
Holy Night
Harvest of Memories
Zurich
Latin Lover
I Do (very small blooms on short stalks)
Gibson Girl
Earl of Essex
Winterland
Lilting

SURVIVED WITH GOOD SIZED CLUMPS BUT NO '02 BLOOM
Belvi Queen (contracted a bad case of rot but outgrew it well with no 
treatment)
Innocent Star (still waiting to see this one bloom)
Churchill Downs (waiting even longer to see this one bloom - 4 yrs now, I 
think)
Feed Back

SURVIVED WITH SMALL CLUMPS OF AT LEAST 3 FANS AND BLOOMED THIS YEAR
Sugar Blues
Corn Harvest (stunted stalks as usual)

SURVIVED WITH SMALL CLUMPS OF AT LEAST 3 FANS BUT NO '02 BLOOM
After the Storm
Best Bet
Amain
Tea Leaves
Point Made
Gypsy Woman
Autumn Thunder (really got kicked back by winter but is still hanging in 
there)
Immortality (the clump in the main beds with less light and heavier soil 
is healthier and larger but has never bloomed)
Beverly Sills (another 4 yr old who has never yet bloomed)
Sign of Leo

That's it for the rebloomers.  There are a few more TB rebloomer 
survivors, but they made it through with only a fan or two.

Laurie


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laurief@paulbunyan.net
http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
zone 3b northern MN - clay soil


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