RE: TB: CULT? Louisa's Song

(Linda M. asked about 'Louisa's Song')

Neil answered (in part):

>>> In summary, I can say my problem is soil fertility and
excess rain to the middle of July both of the last two years. 
Oh my the rot!  <<<

'Louisa's Song' didn't get a chance to rot here since there was
no plant next to the marker and no dead rhizome either. I think
LS was one of the very few TBs that succumbed to our severe cold
OR maybe it was our ridicolous October rains to say nothing
about our spring and summer continuous downpours. 

I marvel that anything can live and bloom here but almost all
TBs live and usually bloom and some bloom exceptionally well. It
appears (?) that 'Louisa' is happiest either in Australia or
Southern California not the Northern White Mountains with our 
temperate rain-forest climate. 

* Some TBs from arid climes (Lowell Baumunk's  and Brad
Kasperek's)  do well here even some of Blythe's Medians are
glorious. Almost all of Marky Smith's intros including SDBs and
one MDB have bit the dust. 

Cheers,

Ellen (digging/dividing bearded irises with a big sign that
read: FREE BEARDED IRISES - now I wish I had charged $1.00 for
each......after all I give then a culture sheet and a  cardboard
box and have even thrown in other perennials -live and learn)






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Ellen Gallagher, Berlin, New Hampshire - USDA Zone 3
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