Re: zones, bearded/beardless
- Subject: Re: zones, bearded/beardless
- From: t*@Lanl.GOV (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 96 08:41:28 MST
Gunnar asks
|What is the difference between; bearded vs. beardless Iris.
The "beard" is the fuzzy patch of fibers seen on the lower petals
(falls) of some irises, leading into the throat of the flower.
Bearded irises have beards, beardless irises don't.
At least that's the short answer. It should be noted, however, that
the words are a little more restricted in use than the simple
definition implies. Irises that grow from bulbs, like the Dutch
irises and reticulatas, have no beards, but they are not called
"beardless"--they are placed in a group by themselves as bulb irises.
Likewise, aril irises have beards, but they are distinguished
from the bearded group.
My web page has a chart that (perhaps) makes this a little clearer.
|
|Do you know if the wather zones is the same all over the world?
|( if for example Zone 3 in Sweden is the same as Zone 3 in US).
The zones used in the US are defined by the US Department of Agriculture
for North America. Since the zones are defined rather simply in terms
of average minimum winter temperature, I'm sure some people in other
parts of the world have applied them to their own climate. But what
Zone 3 means in Sweden I cannot say. In North America it means an
average winter minimum temperature between -30 and -40 Fahrenheit:
quite cold!
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