RE: CULT: winter strategies
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- Subject: RE: CULT: winter strategies
- From: "* H* <h*@povn.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 10:46:27 -0700 (MST)
Linda,
Your mention of Celebration Song, Windwalker and Vanity made some bells =
ring. I'd never thought of irises in same terms as daylilies before.
CS only does well here if it's elevated (behaves more like semi-dormant =
here) and Vanity and Windwalker can take just about anything. Our winter =
temperatures play yo-yo with lows down as far as -10 some years with no =
snow and highs in the upper 30s.=20
Has anyone paid attention to whether the rebloomers act like evergreens? =
Just an idle thought, but if they do, would it be possible to cross a =
semi type to a rebloomer to get more rebloomers? (Ev. and =
semi-ev.daylilies seem to produce more of the same when crossed, but not =
usually dormant types.)=20
If irises could be classed this way, it would certainly make it easier =
to breed hardy (dormant) types for the problem growing areas.=20
Christy Hensler
The Rock Garden
http://www.povn.com/rock/
zone 4 1/2
