Re: Re: CULT: TB Questions

I can vouch for Garden Bride - she does very well in Saskatchewan, and we
get -40 winters. Even colder with windchill factored in.

Another of Chuck's intro's, just last year, is TB - Buckskin Babe. It, along
with MTB- Eramosa Freckles were planted in a new bed last summer. We had
hard freezing long before we had snow cover, then this spring had to face
warm weather and growth - then hard frost, then more growth, and another
hard frost. I lost a number of plants - and even a tree. But both of the
above have not only put on several new fans each, but they both have buds!
I'm certainly impressed after all they went through.

Debby





On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:39 PM, <irischapman@aim.com> wrote:

> Interesting problem and questions.
>
> When is your TB peak bloom?
> When is your first hard frost?
>
> Here in  hinterlands of Guelph, I have TB peak about June 15th normerly,
> about same this year. First hard frost is about mid to late October.
>
> No problems with TB here as a general rule, although fewer cultivars do
> well as compared to warmer climates. I'm about 7-10 days laater then most
> people in south Ontario.
>
> Garden Bride would grow and produce for you. I won a Loomis award  in
> Colorado Springs with it after a very cold  harsh winter there. Nothing else
>  was performing  anywere close to what it did.  No matter how it is
> mistreated, it produces great clumps. I also found that it does well in
> Texas with their high temperatures. We need more iris that perform like
> that.
>
> Chuck Chapman

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