Re: CULT:Cold in the Confederacy

Walter,
 That's too long to wait for bloom and they probably
> will be chunked this summer.

     If you really want to get rid of those Louisianas, it looks like
Dennis in California and me in Florida would be willing to give them a new
home.  
> 
> 
> 	Sibtosas look ok along with the spurias.  Sibs are not up enough
> to show any effects of the cold.
> 
> 	I pulled back the blankets on the seed bed, and the little inch
> tall babies look all cuddly and warm under Caj's old blankies.

     Glad to see that these Irises are fine, at least so far.
> 
> 	Daylilies seem cooked medium rare.

     These will recover, and since they bloom later, usually will not have
any lasting ill effects.
> 
> 
> 	Oh, for the return of those thrilling days of yesteryear when we
> went for ten years or more in a row without even a threat of a late
> freeze.
> 
     When we first moved to Kentucky in 1970, springs generally were fairly
decent there.  In the mid 1970's, there were some great springs, but there
was also Black Wednesday, April 3, 1974.  The spring of 1977 was early and
great, coming after the most brutal winter ever there.  Spring of 1978
started late, but was great once it got going.  That was the last decent
spring season there.  Last year started with great promise, but rapidly
went into a replay of winter and was the coldest spring on record.  This
year doesn't look good either.
     Everything is covered again tonight.  They are saying this could be
the coldest night of the winter.  At 7:15 PM EST, it is 43 F (6 C), so it
looks like another frosty night in the hills here.  

Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, FL.
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