CULT: iris acclimating to differing climates

From: Ellen Gallagher <e_galla@moose.ncia.net>

	Billie Jones wrote:

>I do live in north/central Mississippi and you are in the
>northeast so I don't know how long it may take them to adjust to the
>climate changes....

	Hello,

	I received three TBs from Walter Moores last year here in cold,
	rainy Zone 3 high in the mountains of New Hampshire and they are
	the stars of any irises I planted last summer. I have also found
	that the conventional wisdom of trying to find irises in your
	region of the country not to be necessarily sound advice. This
	may be due to the vagaries of our weird (?) climate.

	I have lost irises from Massachusetts but have lost none from
	California or Colorado in the past 6 years. I take that back,
	I lost one little I. pumila seedling sent from Colorado.

	There is a caveat, of course. I do have a time with the Oregon
	irises having lost 7 this year (3 of them $$$ intros.). I did
	keep them out of the ground for a while for draininge but they
	croaked anyway. I have never been able to grow anything that
	the wonderful Marky Smith has hybridized no matter where it comes
	from. I even lost Brambleberry  (a MDB intro. this year)..I thought
	I had saved it with TLC but it has died back again but still in the
	ground. Maybe next year.

	I did keep Starbaby alive for 2 years and it bloomed but had to
	be buried at the end of the season. No bloom-out mind you...we are
	lucky to get bloom, period. :) Sailor has a nice grave marker in
	my raised, bearded bed along with Masked Bandit (Keppel intro.),etc.

	I am speaking only of pogon (bearded) irises here. Apogons
	(beardless) do well from Oregon. In fact my best in my new home,
	came from Tom Abrego. Great Siberians that all have bloom stalks.
	They were shipped and planted last August.

	Just my own experience,

	Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher    /     e_galla@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA   /   Zone  3
Berlin, NH    in   'The Great North Woods'
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