Re: CULT:freeze & drought:update

Betty -- Glad to hear your losses weren't as bad as you feared. Although the gardens in our area were spared the ravages of the spring freezes, we were caught by the drought. There was no summer rebloom, and some fall rebloom failed to materialize. However, there is SOME fall bloom, and I'm making note of what has and what hasn't, as a possible indicator of hardiness in various climates. HAUNTING did not rebloom here, for the first time ever, and I'd be interested to hear from anyone else who is growing it whether it rebloomed for you and where you are.
Several of my rebloomers last year bloomed between mid-November and early December, so something may happen yet. The stalks that are up are progressing v-e-r-y slowly. -- Griff 

Zone 7 along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, in Virginia
----- Original Message ----- From: <Autmirislvr@aol.com> 
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Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 5:48 PM
Subject: [iris]CULT:freeze & drought:update
Things looked bad in the spring. Then the drought hit. Little rain coupled with high night and day temperatures stopped any chance for summer or early fall bloom. With the spring damage I was afraid to fertilize and most of the garden went without water. Again, I was afraid I'd only make things worse 
for the plants.
All summer I was convinced I'd lost about half of everything newly planted in 2006. This would include 2005/2006 seedlings, new purchases (approx 50) and all of the seedlings that bloomed in the summer of 2006. The last group upset me the most. I'd reset several of the most promising seedlings from the 
2004/2005 seedling season.  (I didn't lose any of  these.)

Apparently most of the plants, even many of the 2005/2006 seedlings, had
simply gone dormant. I did lose some plants. Even the crosses that I thought were wiped out are now showing signs of reviving. Not all, but a lot more than I thought. I'm thankful for 7+ inches of rain and cooler temperatures. 

I lost a few.  Not bad.



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