Re: MED: Pumila, spots
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- Subject: Re: MED: Pumila, spots
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 21:38:11 -0700 (MST)
LMann76543@aol.com wrote:
>
> Sounds like my garden may be near the edge of where the standard dwarf
> bearded/pumila-bred get enough cold weather to do well (?). But now that I
> have two that do well here (BLITZ and RASPBERRY JAM), can anyone recommend
> one or two that have a contrasting darker spot/blotch/signal on the falls
> that might do well in south eastern heat and humidity? The ones I have lost
> previously may have been incinerated in the summer heat rather than lost to
> rot. Maybe.
>
> Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com east Tennessee USA
Linda,
Contray to what you may have been hearing, the Standard Dwarfs do not
need as much cold as you may think. As you know I am in Zone 8 and I
grow 123 SDB's from hybridiziers around the country. I wish you could
be here to see my bloom this year. I have them in two rows each 160
feet long. They are ablaze with color and nearing peak.
Pitter Patter is a nice new SDB from Bill Maryott. It is white with a
contrasting blue spot. Covers itself with blooms. Bred in warm climate
San Jose, CA. Zone 8 maybe 9.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California
Zone 8
