Re: MED: Favorite one!
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- Subject: Re: MED: Favorite one!
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 18:36:51 -0700 (MST)
Arnold Koekkok writes (31 Mar 97):
> Remembering one's favorite medians at this time of the year requires
> a long memory in NW Iowa. Alan Ensminger's BLUE-EYED BLONDE has to
> come close to the top of the list, as does his MORNING SHOW. The
> latter won President's Cup at the 1990 AIS convention in Omaha. And
> it is great show, too, in a clump which if forms very rapidly. (And
> Rima, it is a great "red" IB.) I have to mention Barry Blyth's
> (notice this, all who were questioning the hardiness of his
> things) POSH, which quickly forms a good clump, blooms its
> golden/orange head off, and comes back for the same thing next year.
> All these are IBs.
Ditto! Everything you have written is equally applicable to how these IBs
do in northern Utah. I grow all the ones you have mentioned and they are
super performers here, but the most vigorous one of all is LET'S ELOPE (P.
Blyth, '93), another Australian that thrives in our cold climate. 53
increases on a second year clump, and its pink, too!
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
cwalters@cache.net
"This is the Place" - where Spring is when the snow turns from light and
fluffy to wet and heavy - we had 5 inches of Spring today! (ATTENTION KATHY
GUEST AND ALL OTHER SNOWBOUND NORTHEASTERNERS)
