Re: CULT:
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT:
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- Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 06:27:50 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Nick Zentena wrote:
> Last fall I planted Iris Reticulata -harmony and Iris Danfordiae. Well they
> finally came up and bloomed a few weeks ago. So much for March flowers.
> Anybody know what the normal bloom time is for the Toronto area? This winter
> was wierd so I don't think I should treat the april bloom time has normal.
> Also the reticulata looked great. It held the flower up and stood up to the
> wind storms we've had. The Danfordiae wasn't so nice. It couldn't hold it's
> flower up and the first stiff breeze sent the flower flying down the lawn.
> Do I need to dead head the reticulata? Not much worry with the danfordiae the
> wind is doing a pretty good job of dead heading.
Nick, The snow took a long time to melt, the edge of it creeping slowly
across the yard because we have a 12' hedge on the south side of the
yard. The snow melted last in the shadow of this hedge.
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Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
AIS, SIGNA, Iris-talk, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
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