Re: CHOCOLATE VANILLA
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- Subject: Re: CHOCOLATE VANILLA
- From: S* C* <s*@ento.csiro.au>
- Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 17:13:45 -0700 (MST)
At 03:58 PM 18/02/97 -0700, you wrote:
>
> I was outside cleaning beds in our glorious sunshiny 70+ weather
>and noticed two separate rhizomes of CHOCOLATE VANILLA had rotted over the
>winter. I had the same problem with this two years ago. Is this another
>one like SKOOKUMCHUCH?=20
>
> Several of Barry Blyth's seem to succumb over the winter. And,
>others are antsy to get started growing before winter is over and
>sometimes get zapped by the cold in March. Does he live in a freeze-free
>area of Australia, and could his location-climate be the opposite of mine,
>hence the problem I have with tenderness in his irises? I love the wild
>colorations he produces.
>
> Someone who has been to Australia or knows about the climate where
>he hybridizes, please respond.
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS
>
>
Barry Blyths nursery is on the Mornington Penninsula in south eastern
Australia. I can't be sure but I would expect any frosts they had to be very
light maybe -3=B0C at the coldest overnight rising to 10-15=B0C during the=
day.
The soil would certainly never freeze, so this may well explain your=
problem.
Simone Clark
Canberra Australia
simone.clark@ento.csiro.au
Simone Clark
Nematode Project
CSIRO Entomology
simoner@ento.csiro.au
