Re: SPEC: Hardy Louisianans


Black gamecock hardie? Not in my garden it wasn't.

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From: Ian E. Efford <avocet.intl@sympatico.ca>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 1:41 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] SPEC: Hardy Louisianans


> Mark, much of western Norway has a relatively mild climate.  I now
have
> six different Louisianans growing in Zone 4B and they do not include
> Black Gamecock, which I understand is one of the hardiest.  All mine
> have survived the last winter in my garden or in a garden in Quebec
> which is probably colder.  We had a relatively mild winter with only
one
> week of real cold [-40 to -50C windchill] but almost no snow cover.
The
> result was considerable loss of plants in most gardens but the
irises
> seem to have been unaffected - including I. decora seedlings which I
> consider a a semi-tropical species.  We lost quite a few other
things
> which were hardly, such as every chrysanthemum in the garden.  Some
of
> these latter plants have been around for 40-50 years in my
daughter's
> garden.
>
> Ian, in Ottawa where we have a very wet spring but the irises are
> flowering early - the first Siberican will flower this week.
> Zone 4B
>
>
>
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