TB: Edith Wolford and New Cool
- Subject: TB: Edith Wolford and New Cool
- From: J* S*
- Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 06:31:25 -0500
Eleanor,
I shook my shovel menacingly at my Edith Wolford last fall and she bloomed quite well for me this spring. Hmmm......and who says talking to (shouting at) them doesn't work?
As for TB's in the north country, I've been trying out some of the new ones with a Darwinian attitude. Like Laurie I lost quite a few of them to rot even though they were in raised beds, and I won't bother to replace them since we had a rather mild winter this year. One of the winning TB's in my north woods garden this year was New Cool. I've posted a photo at Iris Photos. I'll be trying a bunch of historics this year, with 13 new varieties on order.
Janet in Denmark, WI
zone 4
----- Original Message -----
From: Eleanor Cecchini
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 11:11 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] TB: Edith Wolford
Well, I couldn't find the pic of the nursery, so I'll send a pic of TB Edith
Wolford, who actually listened and bloomed this year!
El, near Winnipeg
Manitoba, Canada Z3
MIS & DIS Display Garden
-----Original Message-----
From: Eleanor Cecchini <eleanore@mb.sympatico.ca>
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Transpiration and rot
>Well, I have to find Oyez then, if it bloomed for you Laurie. It's the
>first AB that I ever saw and adore it to pieces!
>
>I've grown mostly medians in my garden for about 10 yrs, and have very few
>TB's for the very reasons you mention, Laurie. I refuse to stake any
plant,
>except for climbers. A friend gave me some TB's last year and most of them
>are blooming, but the older TB historics I have never even blew over in a
>couple of bad rain/wind storms we had here a week or so back.
>
>There's still IB's, BB's, TB's, I. versicolor, I. pseudacorus and Sib's
>blooming here. Many MDB's and SDB's bloomed at least for 2 wks this year,
>probably due to the cold spring weather. 3 wks ago, during one of my iris
>garden tours, I had the perfect day. The entire 2000 nursery bed had it's
>total 200+ irises all in bloom (MDB's and SDB's)!
>
>I'll try to find the pic and send it to iris-photos.
>
>El, near Winnipeg
>Manitoba, Canada Z3
>MIS & DIS Display Garden
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: laurief <laurief@paulbunyan.net>
>To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
>Date: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 9:18 PM
>Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Transpiration and rot
>
>>Speaking of ABs, can anyone even begin to explain how OYEZ could possibly
>>have survived AND bloomed in my garden this spring after having shown up
>>dessicated and rootless a month and a half after what I consider our last
>>"safe" planting date last year??? How could I lose just about all my TBs
>>and bloom OYEZ??? Unbelievable!
>>
>>Up until this year, I had no interest in adding BBs to my collection
>>because I didn't see the point. Since they bloom simultaneously with
>>TBs, they do nothing to extend the season. I figured they were just TBs
>>that didn't measure up. My perspective has now changed dramatically, and
>>I am adding many to my collection this year. I am hoping they will prove
>>hardier and more vigorous than the TBs, and I know they won't require all
>>the staking of the taller plants. I am SICK TO DEATH of staking floppy
>>TBs! And now that I've decided to not replace most of the modern TBs, I
>>need the BBs for bloom during that period.
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