Re: CULT: hot spells (was OWYHEE DESERT)
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
With the early spring and fluctating temperatures -- we've had about four
heat waves (over 30C for two or three days where normals are 15-20C) -- I've
noticed that a number of normally reliable iris are not doing as well.
These have bloomed shorter and have lower bud counts. Some also have
shorter branches so that they bunch up. On the other hand, a number of
reluctant bloomers are doing very well. It is going to be interesting if I
can find the time to match up my notes from two years ago when we had three
freeze-thaws, to see if any iris did well under both these weather
conditions.
Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
> From: "Carryl M. Meyer" <carrylm@bigsky.net>
>
> Vince noted that OWYHEE DESERT --in the garden in OKC had a low bud count
> and twas bunched--that might have been due to their unusually long hot
> spell last year--the times I have seen it--in Lucille's garden and in
> Oregon at Keith Keppel's--the bud count was acceptable and it was not
> bunched--so before you really decide if you do not like the form--see it
> growing another year--
>
>
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