RE: CULT: freeze & drought: update

Hi,
We had frost in the area this past week here in southeast Wisconsin.  I have
new stalks on 'After the Storm', 'Rosalie Figge', 'Summer Olympics' and
'Bolder Boulder'.

Thanks,

Char

New Berlin WI

HIPS Rhizome Sale Chairperson

DIS Secretary/Treasurer

Region 8 Newsletter Editor


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of J.
Griffin Crump
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 5:58 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: Re: [iris]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>
To: <iris@hort.net>
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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