Re: Freeze Dried Iris!


>Lloyd Zurbrigg in NC wrote:
>> Dear Glenn and Linda:  Not much damage here that I can see; but open blooms
>> are, or course, cooked. Will se if those early stalks can still produce
>> open blooms from late buds. I would rather have it happen now than a month
>> from now! That happened last year, but I was lucky, and the coldest it got
>> was 32F !!!
>
>Dear Lloyd - please let us know which ones manage to open up in spite of
>frozen buds!  Those are the ones I might try since I have this every
>year in my frost pocket.  How cold did it get and for how many days?
>
>I still am amazed at how HARVEST OF MEMORIES continued to open normal
>gorgeous blooms last fall after repeated freezes, though the open blooms
>mushed.
>
>Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
Dear Linda: Delighted to hear that HARVEST OF MEMORIES did so well for you.
We had four nights of freezing; the final one went down to 20 F. All open
blooms were zapped, of course, even tho I covered up with buckets. I BLESS
is now trying to open new blooms on its many stalks. There is a brand-new
white SDB open, and it shows no sign of damage. Maybe the two days of rain
we just received helped, who knows?  RENOWN showed excellent tolerance of
freezing a few years back. Most other talls opening showed anywhere from a
little to a lot of damage, but RENOWN opened perfect blooms. Lloyd Zurbrigg
in Durham NC
  By the way, do notice the picture of CLARENCE in the new Schreiner catalogue.




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