Re: FIRST BLOOMSTALK?! (TB)
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- Subject: Re: FIRST BLOOMSTALK?! (TB)
- From: s*@aristotle.net (J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey)
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 11:17:15 -0700 (MST)
Amy in Austin reports:
>So anyway I was out putting tags on my Iris when I was dumbstruck with
>the sudden sight of a BLOOMSTALK on my bearded iris. It was like coming
>across a woman about to give birth!
In Little Rock seven of the nameless TBs in the State Capitol display beds
are sending up stalks. One clump of pink (believed to be VANITY) has been
blooming all month, and the Sutton's VANITY we set beside it for comparison
is also stalking. Interestingly, all these overeager plants are in the part
of the beds that gets the most shade.
We've had so much water and warm weather we've decided this is not rebloom
but very early bloom. Much too early for this sort of thing to escape the
usual February ice storm ... unless we don't get one this year.
Around town SDBs are stalking.
Has anyone been out to the Southern woods to check on the verna and cristata?
celia
storey@aristotle.net
Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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257 feet above sea level,
average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons
