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

>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.

Thanks, Colleen.  It is, indeed, madness ... or perhaps good 
old-fashioned stubborness.  I just hate defeat, and I am loathe to give 
up until and unless I have exhausted all reasonable avenues to success.  
To be perfectly honest, however, I am amazed at just how many blooming 
plants actually can thrive in this climate.  Delphiniums love it here, as 
do hostas, bleeding hearts, columbines, various bellflowers, primulas, 
malvas, alliums, astilbes, monkshood, even ladyslipper orchids, plus many 
others.  The tough old farmstead irises thrive under the absolute worst 
conditions here.  It's just these doggone modern TBs that can't 
necessarily hack it.

>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.

We get plenty of sunlight hours during the summer months.  I don't 
generally have to close up the barn till a little before 10:00 p.m.  
Winter is a different matter.  Darkness falls between 4:30-5:00 p.m., and 
temps can fall down to -40 F on the very coldest nights (rarely).  I 
can't say I enjoy such extreme cold, but I absolutely can not tolerate 
extreme heat. When temps start rising above 75 F, my temper gets 
proportionately shorter.  There are times when DH is no doubt certain I'm 
not living nearly far enough north.  LOL!

Laurie - dealing with her own little northern version of Paradise Close, 
But No Cigar



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laurief@paulbunyan.net
http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
zone 3b northern MN - clay soil


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