Re: Bloom report, dwarfs, Zone3/4
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- Subject: Re: Bloom report, dwarfs, Zone3/4
- From: C* S* <s*@eden.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 21:43:48 -0600 (MDT)
Elaine Grings wrote:
>
> Greetings:
>
> I'm coming out of lurking for a bloom report for anyone whose keeping
> track. Thanks to the list, I discovered Schreiner's last year. That
> improved 2 things in my iris beds - 1 - varieties are really what I order
> (several other general gardening sources have sent irises that were
> nothing close to varieties I ordered) and -2- they arrived for planting
> around August 1 instead of October 1. October 1 is usually after our first
> frost and I don't get good root development before winter and have always
> had tremendous winter loss. Not this year though!
>
> I put in several new dwarfs and tall beardeds last year. The dwarfs:
> GRAPE ORBIT, ON FIRE, and GENTLE GRACE started blooming last week and are
> doing very well, REAL COUQUETTE has yet to open, but has 7 buds! (In the
> first year!). And this is without any mulching or extra winter care. We
> didn't have snow cover for very long this year and we did have some nights
> of -35 F in January so I know these varieties are tough!
>
> There are some mids blooming now, but its about a month until tall-bearded
> bloom. The only TB of those I planted last August that is struggling is
> BROADWAY, but I haven't given up on it yet. It was also placed in a spot
> with more clay and less soil amendment than the other TBs. Have others had
> any experience with this variety being more sensitive to the cold? Or is it
> more likely a soil problem?
>
> I can report back on the TBs after that bloom starts.
>
> Thanks for all the ongoing discussions. Us lurkers (usually) pick up lots
> of good info from it!
>
> *************************************
> Elaine Grings
> Miles City, MT
> egrings@mcn.net
> zone3/4
> *******************************************
I have had no experience with Broadway and really cold weather, but mine
seems to bloom in odd number years, 95, 97, 99?
Cliff Snyder Austin, Tx
Rainbow Iris Farm Zone 8
