Re: Bloom
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Bloom
- From: l*@juno.com (Lynn W Woosley)
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:46:46 -0700 (MST)
On Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:22:01 -0700 (MST) "Walter A. Moores"
<wam2@Ra.MsState.Edu> writes:
> A bulbous iris reticulata poked its little head up through our
>freekish snowfall of yesterday. It has a dark violet (almost black)
>face
>with white eyelashes. I had not seen this color before and the bloom
>is
>one month ahead of last year's reticulata bloom.
No blooms on the reticulata in my garden yet, but have lots of new leaves
on my reticulata, Dutch iris, and Louisiana iris, as well as crocus and
daffodils. Several daffodils are trying to bloom, despite this morning's
temperatures in the 20s (Farenheit).
Lynn Woosley
Marietta, GA
USDA Zone 8
Where my silly plants think it is spring already, and I planted peas
yesterday.
