Re: TB: blacks and growth
- Subject: Re: TB: blacks and growth
- From: l* M*
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 13:59:35 -0500
From: linda Mann <lmann@mailhub.icx.net>
Janet Natale in SC zone 8 wrote:
> My thought is that red/blacks suffer because reds in general seem to
> struggle in hot/humid zones...LADY FRIEND, a lovely keeper I have now,
> bloomed well the first year but only one increase...and I thought I had read
> she does well in hotter climates.
My experience with LADY FRIEND has not been good, tho it seems to do
well elsewhere in Tennessee. It's an early bloomer (tries to anyway),
and suffers badly from spring freeze damage and subsequent rot.
The reds/browns don't seem to respond the same here - some croak
practically the minute they hit the ground, others thrive, especially
among the older ones (I have several unnamed ones). The ones with a lot
of aphylla ancestry seem to demand the super drainage that my gravelly
soil gives, but don't much like the heat and drought, especially during
bloom season (e.g. PLAY WITH FIRE). PWF does have pretty bloom stalks
tho, & is very reliable here, as long as it is free from competition -
just a bit miniaturized.
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7-8
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