Re: Early Bloom
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- Subject: Re: Early Bloom
- From: w*@Ra.MsState.Edu
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 20:45:17 -0700 (MST)
> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 19:13:10 -0700 (MST)
> Reply-to: iris-l@rt66.com
> From: Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan <randrcv@sierratel.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Re: Early Bloom
> Z88KEYS@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone explain how it is that I have a tall bearded iris in bloom on
> > March 7, - - and not a single pumila or SDB open yet?The TB is MATRIX. A
> > seedling of MATRIX bloomed with the dwarfs two years ago. There is just the
> > one stalk, but it has withstood many frosts during its growth. I am utterly
> > amazed. Lloyd Zurbrigg, Durham NC Zone 7.5
>
>
> LLoyd,
>
> Your climate is turning into, heavens forbid, California. It is not
> unusual here for reblooming iris to bloom any month of the year if the
> winter is mild enough. Last fall and winter I did not have a hard frost
> until February and had talls blooming from October until February. I
> have Bernice Miller's Radiant Angel blooming now and nary a dwarf in
> sight.
>
> Rick Tasco
> Superstition Iris Gardens
> Central CAlifornia
> Zone 8
This is really weird. My climate in MS should be warmer than
Lloyd's in NC and I cannot feel any buds in any iris.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7 near 8.
