Re: Re:TB:Vanity
From: mmboehm@attglobal.net
Interesting that you can't grow Vanity but can grow Ovation. It's the reverse
for me here in CT, zone 6.
Margaret Boehm
"Carryl M. Meyer" wrote:
> From: "Carryl M. Meyer" <carrylm@bigsky.net>
>
> To the person who said that Vanity should be a Dykes--it is!! It was the
> Dykes winner in 1982--so--it must grow and flourish somewhere--but not
> here!! In our club garden, there is a row of all Dykes winners--all that is,
> with a few exceptions--some will not live here--and Vanity heads that
> list!!!
> Almost every year, new rhizomes of Vanity have to be purchased--if we have a
> warm winter and it does survive, then it does not bloom--I have to go out of
> state to see it bloom--so, if I was voting the ballot back in '82, I would
> not have voted for it-
> This spring we were given starts of 'Vanity's Child'--which does grow
> here--so am eagerly awaiting next bloom season to see if it 'child' survives
> and if it will bloom--
> Generally, pinks do not survive here--the exceptions are Pink Boa, Pink
> Kitten, Ovation and a few of the older ones--even Pink 'n Mint is struggling
> and probably will not make it through this winter--
> Several of the newer peach to apricot colored Iris seem to be doing
> better--at least they are mostly alive after several years--
> So--if Vanity does grow in your area, just forget about the bud count not
> being as high as some others, and enjoy it--grow larger clumps and you will
> have more bloom stalks and more blooms--and be thankful that it will grow
> and bloom for you.
> Carryl in western Montana--zone 3/4 where we were setting records for hot
> days--and we also had very cold nights
>
>
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