Re: CULT: frost pocket survivors and mistake?
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- Subject: Re: CULT: frost pocket survivors and mistake?
- From: m*@ix.netcom.com
- Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 09:22:06 -0600 (MDT)
If you like Boogie Woogie, you should see Scene Stealer. It's a sib to
Boogie only the fall color is more brilliant. Another newer Bi is
Zepherina. Diana Winship Richardson (Dallas suburb)
>
> I get the names of FIESTA SONG, FALL FIESTA, and FIESTA TIME mixed up. The
> one that has done so well here in spite of freezes is FIESTA SONG - not sure
> which one I said in an earlier post. FALL FIESTA never bloomed and died.
>
> Other survivors - MANUSCRIPT, WHERE THERE'S SMOKE (these two seem to insist
> on cultivation and maximum sun), SOUTHLAND GRAPE. SULTRY MOOD and SONG OF
> NORWAY are gorgeous. More to come.
>
> BOOGIE WOOGIE and CELEBRATION SONG seem to have made it through without any
> damage to the flowers this year (they didn't make it through last year's late
> freeze), but the stalks are stunted. The flower on BOOGIE WOOGIE is
> gorgeous. I am going to try these under high shade for a little frost
> protection.
>
> Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com east Tennessee USA
> where it was 31o this morning, 32o yesterday, almost at peak bloom. The
> cultivars that have made it this far don't seem to care. At least it's cold
> enough that rot isn't bad yet.