RE: REB:Dodged the bullet again

Hi Betty,

I love your reports!  I can't imagine how excited you must be in spring when
every day something new is in bloom.

I too can't wait to get out in the garden and check things.  I found another
stalk on Frappe this week end.

Char, New Berlin, WI Zone 4b

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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 4:55 PM
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Subject: [iris]REB:Dodged the bullet again

This morning I rushed to the windows and there lay frost as far as the eye 
could see.  I rushed to the iris patch and a fine layer of frost lay over
all 
the blooms. Later, I returned to find things in much better shape than I 
expected.  Some flowers will be bent out of shape when they bloom, but
little is 
totally destroyed.  There are the blooms on one stalk of 1511-2RE.  Strange 
because the others right beside it are okay.  

We have at least five days at this point with no more frost.  Oh, what fun!

CRUISE TO AUTUMN is showing color on 2 buds.  I'll see it bloom for sure!  
Others that have had stalks for quite some time but aren't showing color yet
are 
AMANDA ERIN, AGAIN & AGAIN, LIQUID AMBER, DIAMOND BLUSH & PRISCILLA OF 
CORINTH!  All new this year so they don't count on the check list!  But they
count 
toward my iris enjoyment!  

I've seen 30 of the seedlings bloom from the 1812 cross!  1812-26RE has
white 
standards, lav falls and yellow beards.  Quite a different look than 
1812-15RE. (the bitone lav. one).  All 5 different seedlings from 1701 will
have 
blooms open tomorrow.  I'd take a picture BUT they all have some degree of
frost 
damage, and I've mauled most of them.  

Ah!  Another tiring week!  <bg>

Betty W. in South-central KY Zone 6
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