Re: CULT; freeze damage survivors
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- Subject: Re: CULT; freeze damage survivors
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 13:10:59 -0600 (MDT)
Jim Wilson wrote:
>I'm still trying to figure out how to apply the advice not to feed until
>the danger
>of hard frost is past, about four weeks before bloom time. The answer
>must be
>to grow irises elsewhere.
**
Or you can be like me and take 'advice' sparingly. :-) What works
in someone else's garden might be irrelevant to what really
makes sense in your iris beds.
We had a real freeze yesterday morning, May 5th and snow showers
are predicted for tonight and tomorrow. I am in my own climactic
zone...I have yet to see the first crocus blossom *but* one is in
bud...all 20 are growing and I have counted 15 tulips that are
growing slowwwwwwwly. It is 40 degrees F here and a very cold wind.
*All* my bearded irises look OK except for the CLARENCE that bit
the dust but the other CLARENCE *feels* like it has a bud coming.
Of course, it is too soon....:-(
My freeze report will start with a report on a MDB in bloom...
SUSLIK may beat out ATROVIOLACEA...tight race. Siberians look
great as usual....'Swirling Lavender' is the furthest along and it
is a new plant as of last July. :-) Another of Anna Mae's wonder-
ful Siberians....
Cheers,
Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher Make mine mulch not mink--
e_galla@moose.ncia.net Sod instead of solitaires
Lancaster, New Hampshire, USA I'm not a gold digger--
USDA Zone 3, AIS Region I Just a dirt digger....
