Re: CULT: deep freeze - best and worst
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- Subject: Re: CULT: deep freeze - best and worst
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 19:41:11 -0600 (MDT)
Juri Pirogov wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Last week a snow gone out from my iris beds at last.
> I was checking them all weekend. Now I list some results:
> 1) winter dormant, with near deciduous leaves:
> GARDEN GARNET, RAVE REVIEW, CLOSED CIRCUIT, BLUE CHIP PINK, SMILLING ANGEL
> 2) not dormant but without freeze damages:
> INNOCENT BLUSH, BEFORE THE STORM,ROSELENE, NEUTRON DANCE,INNER GLEAM,
> VOLATILE, GENTLE ORCHID, AZTEC BURST, SUNSHINY, IN REVERSE, SHORTMANS
> GARNET RUFFLES, LITTLE SUNRISE, NIGHT GAME, AFFAIRE, GOLDKIST, SMART MOVE,
> SWEETER THAN WINE, ELEGANT IMPRESSIONS, BOOGIE WOOGIE, WISHFUL THINKING,
> PURE AS GOLD, FANCY WOMAN, HOTDOGS AND MUSTARD, QUEEN OF ANGELS,
> EARTHBORN,SOCIAL EVENT, MESMERIZER, MANOR BORN, AURA LIGHT,WHITE
> FRINGE,MAGIC RAIMENT, COLOR MAGICIAN, PARADISE,SNEEZY, SIENNA WALTZ, GIPSY
> ROMANCE, ROSETTE WINE, SPICED CUSTARD, MEGABUCKS,HELLO DARKNESS, EVER
> AFTER, EVERYTHING PLUS, FRINGE BENEFITS, LA FORTUNECIRCUS WORLD, ALTRUIST,
> IMMORTALITY
> 3) partially freezed leaves:
> OPAL'S LEGACY, NORDICA,CHEATING HEART, PLUM BEAUTY,HONEYMOON SUITE,SUNSHINE
> LACE, NOTORIOUS, MAGAREE, GYPSY WOMAN,GOLD GALORE, RUFFLED SURPRISE,
> EDITHWOLFORD, WISH WALTZ, NEO CLASSIC, FROSTING, MARRIAGE WOVS, BURNING
> BRIGHT, DEPARTURE, LUSCIOUS LASS,PERFECT GIFT, PAYOFF, CHUTNEY, REVIVAL
> MEETING, GNU
> 4) all leaves and terminal bud freezed out:
> OVERJOYED, MALLOW DRAMATIC, EASTER LACE, IN FLIGHT, BUBBLING LACE
> 5) rhizomes is freezed
> JUAN VALDEZ
>
Juri -- I am leaving your message intact, for the most part, on purpose.
That's quite an array of modern irises you have that have survived the
winter. Let us know, please, what the bloom results are -- particularly
of the Blyth irises, if you will.
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
jgcrump@erols.com
