Re: TBS: Cult: Growth report (long)
- Subject: Re: TBS: Cult: Growth report (long)
- From: "lmmunro" l*@hotmail.com
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:35:16 -0000
Francelle:
That is interesting. What factors went into your rating? Would it
be based upon a few things like: individual vigor, number of
increase, amount of bloom, or is there one factor which outweighed
others? If a plant gave lots of increase and was vigorous, but no
blooms, would it get a very bad rating never the less?
Do you find that if you replaced a cultivar that did poorly, it would
do poorly again, or might a second try yield a more vigorous plant?
Thanks,
Laetitia
--- In iris-talk@y..., "FRANCELLE EDWARDS" <fjmjedwards@w...> wrote:
>
> Hello, Iris Talkers,
> I have just finished cleaning and weeding a bed of irises I planted
last
> year at the edge of my lawn. This area gets flood irrigation.
Though I
> tried to raise the bed a couple of inches and used other measures to
> keep water from standing on the irises for half a day, they still
stand
> in warm water two to three hours every other week through our
> exceedingly hot summer. Despite this, I had only one case of rot,
Lady
> Mary Elizabeth. I treated it with antibacterial soap. She
recovered
> and managed to earn a 1 with nine healthy increases. I lost one:
> Lenten Prayer dwindled and died. Beautiful as it was, it won't be
> replaced.
> I noted the growth patterns as I worked and graded them from 1 to
5. 1
> being a super grower, 2 above average, 3 average, 4 below average
but
> doing ok, 5 just holding on.
>
> Here are the results:
> 1 Amethyst Dancer, Clarence, Classic Bordeaux, Footloose,
> Hollywood Nights, Lady Mary Elizabeth, Pacific Belle, Valentines Day
>
> 2 Anna Belle Babson, Bay City, Jurassic Park, Kool Knight,
Poem
> of Ecstasy, Ostentatious, Penny Lane, Ring Around Rosie, Role
Model,
> Skating Party, Smiling Gold, Soul Sister, Stairway to Heaven, Sunray
> Refection, Sultry Lady, Too Sweet, Uncharted Waters
>
> 3 Appleblossom Days, Betty Dunn, Chinese Empress, Elegant
Girl,
> Epicenter, Fancy Woman, Fire Bride, Golden Raspberry, Happenstance,
It
> Ain't So, Joaquin Lady, Life of Riley, Marilyn Merlot, Moondust
Magic,
> Peach Royal, Pond Lily, Purple Pirouette, Ruffled Goddess, Total
> Obsession
>
> 4 Change of Pace, Chasing Rainbows, Competitive Edge, Lacy
Day,
> Larry Gaulter, Living Picture, Looking for Love, Magical Encounter,
> Nitro, Rare Treat, Song of Hearts, Sunset Fog, Thrillseeker, Yaquina
> Blue
>
> 5 Braggadocio, Brazilian Holiday, Hello Darkness
>
> These rankings may change from place to place and year to year, but
in
> my garden this year this is how they did.
>
> Francelle Edwards Glendale, AZ Zone 9
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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