Re: CULT:TB: A Whole New List - The Hardiest of the Hardy

Hi Laurie, I'm up here to (zone 3a)  I sympathize with you!  Where to you 
order your irises from? Joelle
>Oh Laurie
>
>Your dedication to growing irises (or anything) in your climate amazes me.
>So sorry to her of your losses. Sometimes we in easy climates don't realize
>the the dedication (madness) required to garden in such areas.
>
>When we were in NZ we crossed the 45th parallel. (you can only do it in the
>southern hemisphere in NZ, Chile and Argentina) and we were complaining
>about how early it got dark, and my husband grizzled about the cold. It's
>hard to get our heads around how many people live north of the northern 45th
>and what your climate is like.
>
>Colleen Modra
>Adelaide Hills
>South Australia
>zone 8/9
>irises@senet.com.au
>----- Original Message -----
>From: laurief <laurief@paulbunyan.net>
>To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 6:20 AM
>Subject: [iris-talk] CULT:TB: A Whole New List - The Hardiest of the Hardy
>
>
> > Hello, All,
> >
> > First a bit of background - I've been working very hard to determine how
> > to keep TBs happy and healthy up here in zone 3b.  My first attempt was a
> > miserable failure - killed almost everything.  My second attempt was
> > nearly as bad. - rampant rot again that wiped out about 2/3 of my iris
> > beds.  Then I found iris-talk and read and read and read until I
> > understood what I was doing wrong and how to correct all the errors.
> > Attempt number three ('00 planting) was extremely successful - minimal
> > losses and 50% bloom in '01 on first year plants (not so hot for CA,
> > maybe, but darn good up here!).  Which brings us up to this year, the
> > spring that never was.
> >
> > Bad, BAD iris year!  Maybe it was the prolonged, cold winter-spring
> > transition that refused to allow the irises to get growing.  Maybe it was
> > the soil compacted by deer traffic all winter over the iris beds.  Maybe
> > it was over- or under-fertilizing.  Maybe it was the moldy condition of
> > some of the new TBs received last summer.  Maybe it was any or all of 100
> > other variables.  Whatever the cause(s), my main bed of 200+ TBs now
> > contains only about 30 living plants.  Of those, the following 22 are the
> > only ones that survived the winter with more than 3 fans per clump.
> > Among the victims were almost all of last year's 104 TB acquisitions
> > along with quite a few established, 2 yr old clumps.
> >
> > And so, my list of the hardiest of the hardy TBs ...
> >
> > BLUE SHIMMER (hasn't bloomed yet - likely to be misidentified)
> > ENGLISH COTTAGE
> > GALLANT MOMENT
> > GETUP AND GO
> > GOTHIC
> > IMMORTALITY
> > JESSE'S SONG
> > LOS ANGELES
> > MISTY TWILIGHT
> > NIGHTSHADE
> > OLYMPIAD
> > PROUD TRADITION
> > PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE
> > RAIN CHECK
> > RAMESES
> > ROYAL CHANT
> > STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
> > STARSTRUCK
> > STEPPING OUT
> > SUPERSTITION
> > TAMARISK ('01 acquisition that may turn out to be another mislabeled
> > TANTARA)
> > ZURICH
> >
> > There were additional established TB survivors in my rebloomer beds which
> > are located in a much more sheltered location on the south side of the
> > house, but again, almost all new acquisitions planted in those beds
> > perished this year.
> >
> > At least now I know who the parents will be if I should ever get bitten
> > by the hybridizing bug.
> >
> > Laurie
> >
> >
> >
> > -----------------
> > laurief@paulbunyan.net
> > http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
> > zone 3b northern MN - clay soil
> >
> >
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