MED: % of losses
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- Subject: MED: % of losses
- From: b*@tiger.hsc.edu (Bill Shear)
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 08:31:50 -0700 (MST)
In 1984, I raised a group of I. pumila from SIGNA seed. They were planted
out in 1985 and flowered for the first time in 1986. Since then, they have
not been moved or divided and each variety (there are 4 distinct forms) has
spread out to form a clump 8" to a foot in diameter. The first flowers on
these pumilas opened today. They get no special care, just a half inch or
so of leaf mold in the spring to barely cover the rhizomes. They're
located at the front of a bed mostly devoted to spurias.
This climate, with sometimes surprise freezes (like this year) and hot,
humid summers is not supposed to be dwarf-bearded-friendly. Yet these
little guys have persisted now for 10 years in the same place.
I've had a lot of fun crossing them with I. aphylla and with some un-named
SDB seedlings.
