Re: CULT: first casualty
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: first casualty
- From: D* K*
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 21:49:01 -0500
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
>
> dkramb@badbear.com writes:
>
> << While doing spring cleanup in the gardens today, I found the first iris
> casualty of the year. >>
>
>The good news is that the dwarf bulbous irises (reticulata, danfordiae, and
>hybrid cultivars) sprang into bloom over the weekend, nearly a week earlier
>than they ever have before, so the iris parade is under weigh, even in the
>Zone 4/5 borderlands (admittedly after the equivalent of a Zone 7 winter)
>at an elevation of 4800 feet!
Jeff, I feel your pain about all that Botrytis! As for reticulatas, I
think mine must be dead because everyone else is reporting blooms and I
can't even *find* mine...let alone see any blooms. They did fine the last
3 years, and now suddenly they are gone. Alien abduction? I wonder.
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html
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