Re: TB: CULT: questions - STRICTLY BALLROOM (not STAIRWAY)

From: linda Mann <lmann@mailhub.icx.net>

vince lewonski wrote:
> 
> --- linda Mann <> wrote:
> > Dreaming over the Schreiner catalog and wondering if
> > anybody has time to
> > post or knows about how any of these grow in the land of
> > rollercoaster
> > freezes and rollercoaster drought/heat/rain
> >
> > Blues:
> > Fuji Skies (Tompkins 1990)
> > Old Blue Eyes (Tompkins 1990)
> > Yaquina Blue (Schreiner 1992) - Walter, did you say this
> > one didn't do
> > too well for you?
> > Color Me Blue (Schreiner 1997)
> > Drum Roll (Hager 1992)
> >
> > Others:
> > Megabucks (Tompkins 1990) - Rusty, did you actually get
> > this one?  How
> > did it do for you?
> > Total Obsession (Tompkins 1993)
> > Country Moon (Meek 1994)
> > Ecstatic Echo (Dahling 1983) - is that a spot pattern on
> > the falls or
> > just a wide ragged band of lighter color around the edge
> > (gene-wise that
> > is)?
> > Final Decision (Roderick 1991) - Schreiners' catalog says
> > this yellow
> > has a lot of vigor, but I never know what part of the
> > country that
> > applies to
> > Strictly Ballroom (Lauer 1994) - slightly different sib
> > to super grower
> > Stairway to Heaven - does this one do as well?
> > Moon Journey (Hager 1988)
> > Last Chance (Schreiner 1999)
> > Pagan Dance (Blyth 1989)
> >
> > Any comments appreciated.
> >
> > Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7-8
> > not back to winter, but more 'normal' temps forecast.
> > This blast of
> > northern air has some kind of fierce allergens in it -
> > mold?
> >
> >
>    I know that you are Queen of Rot, but I will venture
> some comments anyway...
> YAQUINA BLUE is a good, healthy grower around here.
> COLOR ME BLUE looked impressive in Oklahoma - they didn't
> kill it, which puts it in the top 50% - I don't think
> anyone local is growing it yet.
> ECSTATIC ECHO does okay here - I've seen some LARGE blooms
> on this.
> STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN is a good grower, good stalks, and can
> be a heavy bloomer - I've seen clumps with 50% of the fans
> have stalks.
> 
> =====
> Vince Lewonski
> vincelewonski@yahoo.com
> Secane, Pennsylvania, USA  Zone 6b
> 
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Lots of folks having great success with STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, myself
included.  But my question was about it's sibling STRICTLY BALLROOM.  I
figure if STAIRWAY does so well, maybe STRICTLY does too?  

Anybody out there grow STRICTLY BALLROOM?

Anybody have anything to say about these yellows?
COUNTRY MOON (Meek 1994) (ML, cream lemon yellow)
FINAL DECISION (ML, Roderick 1991)
MOON JOURNEY (Hager 1988) (M, yellow amoena)

I guess yellows in general are weeds (relatively speaking), but there
don't seem to be a lot of later blooming light or lemon yellows around.  
MOON JOURNEY is listed as a midseason (therefore late freeze
vulnerable), but sometimes those make it here, plus it has a light rim
around the falls (I'm a sucker for that pattern) and I like the veining
and red tipped beard.  It's old enough that surely some folks onlist
have tried this one?

Thanks everybody for feedback so far. Anybody else?  Oklahoma? South
Carolina?  Arkansas? Baja Tennessee? Alabama? Georgia?

I was reminded offlist that the convention notes from Oklahoma City
might have some really useful info on performance in less than ideal
conditions (not counting tornados!).

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
my low valley is covered with frost at ~28o F this AM - not much as
rollercoaster freezes go


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