Re: CULT: floppy TBs
Flop is really common with first year clumps, where roots are not yet firmly
established, and the wind tips the entire rhizome over. In second year clumps
it is far less common, and usually worth a note under that variety in my data
base, although many climate factors can also cause a weak stalk base, such as
(here, once again) lack of rain.
James Brooks
Jonesborough, TN
comeback@usit.net
Ellen Gallagher wrote:
> Wind is the causative factor of TBs that "flop" in our garden. About
> three years ago we were sitting on the screened back porch enjoying a warm,
> sunny June day when a tremendous howling wind came through.
> We watched CLARENCE and CANTINA among others fall over (stalks did not
> break) and they stayed down.
>
> My husband went down to the hardware store to buy plant stakes and
> I had to stake almost every tall, blooming iris. I also have to stake
> lilium (especially trumpets which are my fav) and of course peonies
> which the rain and wind always topple. Daylilies make it on their own.
>
> Ellen
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