Re: SD : CULT median bearded


Amy, the smaller bearded irises do very well in the cold weather here.  I =
may not have been clear in what I was saying.  The point I was trying to =
make was that they survive very well in inclement weather.  Freeze-thaws and=
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very cold weather do not affect them as they do with the TBs.

I have not had any problems with MDBs, SDBs or IBs other than the fact that=
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some grow like weeds.  TBs are much more temperamental for me.  Certain =
varieties do well, some grow but don't bloom and others just die out on me.

If it doesn't grow well for me in three years, I generally throw it out.

Maureen Mark
mark.maureen@fin.gc.ca
Ottawa, Canada -- where I am enjoying the best TB bloom in three years
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From: Amy Rupp
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: SD : CULT
Date: Thursday, June 12, 1997 11:31

> Ottawa is in Canada, east of central.  Last winter was most definitely th=
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> mildest winter I've seen in the last 10 years here.  I think we hit -20C
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> only a couple days.  We normally have snow cover until mid-April and the =3D
> ground does not thaw until early May.
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> I typically give a plant three years, unless there has been very unusual =
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> weather like last year.  I will be giving last year's plantings an extra =
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> year of evaluation.  There are some varieties, e.g., Copper Classic, that=
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> look perfectly healthy but simply refuse to bloom here.

Mon Dieu!  If these dwarf iris do not bloom in cold Alanis Morissette
land, then what chance have they here???  A mild winter at -20C?  That's
like, -4 F which would be a world record winter for us, not a mild
winter.

That's why I question:  in zone 8b, where frost is more likely than not
but not a certainty, where we *must* store tulips and narcissi in the
'fridge and they're annuals, what chance do I have with the non-T
bearded iris?

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Amy Moseley Rupp
amyr@austx.tandem.com, Austin, TX, USDA zone 8b, Sunset zone 30
*or* amyr@mpd.tandem.com
Jill O. *Trades, Mistress O. {}
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