Re: Re: TB Dusky Challenger
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: TB Dusky Challenger
- From: C* M*
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 16:33:22 +1030
Francelle
I quite understand your frustration with Dusky Challenger. This is the first
time in three years I've had decent blooms (and they are lovely). The only
reason they look so good is that this is the latest coolest season for many
years and it has been overcast most days. We're still not much warmer than
September (start of Spring) and we're supposedly into summer.
I've just had Mountain Majesty flowering majestically and I hate to think
what this will be like in a normal or hot spring
Colleen Modra
South Aust
Zone 9----- Original Message -----
From: FRANCELLE EDWARDS <fjmjedwards@worldnet.att.net>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: SPEC: Why do some stay green
> Praises of Dusky Challenger make me envious. I had one that I babied for
five years. I never got a decent flower from it, and the clump wasn't much
either. Problem: It always bloomed late, so that the buds cooked before
they opened. It bloomed out last year, and I will not replace it.
> Francelle Edwards Glendale, AZ Zone 9 Drizzling here, snowing up
north.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: storylade@aol.com
> To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 10:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: SPEC: Why do some stay green
>
>
> In a message dated 12/10/2001 9:25:17 AM Central Standard Time,
> lmann@volfirst.net writes:
>
> << In my experience, irises that drop their foliage both during drought
and
> during winter seem to be the most likely to endure forever here, >>
>
> Linda, I know you are especially fond of DUSKY CHALLENGER so I'll pass
on
> this observation. While I was at Alvaton, one of my self-appointed
winter
> tasks was to walk through the garden to see which varieties showed the
most
> "winter presence." I don't remember all of the results, but I can tell
you
> that every time I said, "Wow, look at that one!" it was DC. I did this
for
> several years. And people thought I was crazy looking at irises in the
> winter! Well, the decision on that one is still out! <g>
>
> Betty from BG KY USA Zone 6
>
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