RE: Re: HYB: dwarfs in hot climates?
- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] Re: HYB: dwarfs in hot climates?
- From: "Dana Brown" d*@llano.net
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 21:34:06 -0600
- Importance: Normal
Folks,
I am still looking for MDB's that like our winters. We have moved all of
our MDB's to raised beds or pots. The theory is that raising them or
putting them in pots removes the protection of being in ground and makes
them think they are one zone North of here. Too soon to tell on that but I
can tell you what has done well here:
Black Stallion - Hite 1983 - basically a black self - this darling blooms
heavily and reliably and has even rebloomed once for us
La Perle - Caparne 1901 - yellow self - not gorgeous but reliable
Maya Makita - Machuluk 1992 - white over blue violet - cute and has bloomed
6 out of 8 years here
Pixie Flirt - Willott 1989 - white ground red violet plicata - very
reliable - cute!!
There are many others we are trying but at this point I would hate to
recommend them for southern climates.
I am very interested in adding some of the MDB's with SDB heritage and will
add those to my list <G>
Dana Brown
Region 17 Judges Training Chairperson
AIS, MIS, ASI, RIS, TBIS
MALEVIL IRIS GARDENS
Lubbock, TX
Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
<d*@malevil-iris.com>
-----Original Message-----
From: cathycampi@aol.com [c*@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 12:19 PM
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: HYB: dwarfs in hot climates?
In a message dated 10/30/02 7:47:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,
irischapman@netscape.net writes:
> > > <why don't all hybridizers ...work on ....dwarfs ..that don't need a
> > > winter? ;-) Gerry Snyder, AIS Symposium
> > > Chair and Director, in warm, winterless Los Angeles->
> > >
> > > Or don't fry and die in hot dry summers?
> > >
> > > Are there any?
> > >
> >
> > Ben Hager in hot, sunny, Stockton, California worked for many years to
> > develop dwarf irises that would do well in his climate. I am not
> sure which
> > ones of his fit that goal, since I grow dwarf irises in the frozen
> north. In
> > fact, we had a little snow today.
> >
> > Dorothy Willott in Northern Ohio, Zones 5/6
> >
> >
> I wonder if you could have any success with the MDBs that have been
> developed from SDB parents. Coral Carpet. Humbug and Forever Violet
> are three of mine that are from SDB breeding and may do well in hot
> climates. A number of Hager's MDBs are also of this type and may also
> do ok in hot climates.
>
> Chuck Chapman
>
>
Hager's Melrose Gardens lies 3 miles away here in Zone 9+. These Chapman
Iris
do well here under near identical conditions of climate and soil.
Best: Apache Carpet (Reb),Black Ice , Coral Carpet , Cream Pixie , Eramosa
Skies, Forever Blue(Reb) , and Wizard of Hope (reb).
VG: Heather Carpet , Herbal Tea, Party Animal , and Ruby Eruption.
Others may do better their second year.
Maybe Dana Brown will chime in here with what survives in Lubbocks 110
degree
summers and Harsh panhandle winters...
Cathy Campi, Stockton Ca 168 days since rain...
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