Re: TB: Cold Hardiness
- Subject: Re: TB: Cold Hardiness
- From: i*
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 02:15:19 -0000
>
> Unfortunately, my garden has suffered HUGE losses among the TBs
this
> spring. I haven't gotten up the nerve to count, but I'll bet I've
easily
> lost 100 or more cvs. The prolonged cold weather took out nearly
> everything planted last summer. Ordinarily, I see a lot of minor
rot
> infections (spongy rzs) in early spring, but as soon as the weather
warms
> enough, the rzs dry out, and the plants quickly outgrow any
lingering
> rot. This spring there was no warmth to trigger drying and rapid
growth,
> so rot infections amplified and killed off anything with even the
> slightest susceptibility. Even among the survivors, growth seems
to be
> restarting from tiny increases. I'm anticipating very little TB
bloom
> this year. I guess it's a good thing I had already designated this
as
> the year I would concentrate on increasing my Sib collection. Given
the
> devastation in my modern TB beds, I have also decided to start
working on
> an historic bearded collection. I need the tough old soldiers who
have
> withstood the tests of time and varying climates.
>
> At the moment, however, I am still eagerly anticipating that first
iris
> bloom ... and I don't much care how beautiful or ugly it turns out
to be.
>
> Laurie
>
>
> -----------------
> laurief@p...
> http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
> zone 3b northern MN - clay soil
I would love to have you try some of my TB introductions. They are
first and formost selected for cold hardiness. Garden Bride in
particular, never seems to suffer from any cold weather damage, and
increases well.
Chuck Chapman, Guelph, Ontario, Canada SDB's just getting started.
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