RE: CULT: blooming irises of any sort
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- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] CULT: blooming irises of any sort
- From: M* M*
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 09:07:19 -0500
From: "Mark, Maureen" <markm@tc.gc.ca>
Hi Ellen,
You're not the only one. We still have snow on the ground but some of the
neighbours have lost their snow cover so I expect that ours will be gone by
the weekend. The spring bulbs planted right against the house on the south
side sprouted a few days ago, so spring is coming.
It looks like another year for an early iris season. Is anyone already
planning to change the dates for their show?
Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (zone 4)
> From: "Ellen Gallagher" <irisgardens@hotmail.com>
>
> Hello,
>
> Jeff Walters wrote:
>
> >>>>>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!>>>>>>
>
> I hate to be a itch, but, am I the only one with snow still on the ground
> (and the gardens) ? I see some medians near the foundation and
> they look horrid. The name-tags have heaved and it is impossible to push
> the
> back in the frozen ground. My garden maps are hard to read since I never
> plant anything in rows preferring the look of a border interspersed with
> other plants.
>
> Bill Shear wonderful report on his reticulatas was great and made me
> wistful.
>
> Still freezing here (altho' we had a Zone 4 winter not 3),
>
> A grumpy Ellen who can't wait for Dallas so I can thaw out ;)
> ===
> Ellen Gallagher/ Berlin, NH,USA/ Zone 3
> N. White Mts. in the "Great North Woods"
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