Re: CULT: SDB's cold requirement
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I'm with Jan on that, we're 8-9 zone, and our dwarfs flower wonderfully.
However I do know that being within a mile or so of the beach front can
make a huge difference to your level of winter chilling. But if your getting
regular frosts you should be fine.
Colleen Modra
South Australia, where my first dwarfs are almost flowering.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Clark <janclarx@hotmail.com>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 10:54 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: SDB's cold requirement
>
> >Never tried FOREVER BLUE simply because I'm still trying SDB's as a
> > >whole. I'm clearly going to have to treat them to an ice dump or two
> > >through our "winter" because it's never sure if we'll have one that's
> > >more like a zone 7 or a zone 8...(we really are on the border of
>both).
> > We did have a fair amount of freezing temps (that didn't >last) and
one
> >surprising dump of snow (ditto for lasting) this past >winter, but my
SDB's
> >were all too new and don't think ready to bloom.
> >Janet Natale
> >zone 8(7?) of SC, Myrtle Beach, but not THAT CLOSE to the beach.
>
> Although I don't really understand the US zoning system, I have been told
> that this area is equivalet to US zone 9. Our minimum winter temps are
round
> minus 5 deg celcius, we very rarely have any snow fall (once every 5
years,
> or so, and it doesn't settle on the ground) but we get plenty of frosts.
> My SDB's grow and flower very well. They like a sunny position, and a cool
> root run, so I use a little mulch, not too close to the rhizomes.
> Perhaps you will have more luck with them, once they are established.
> Cheers, Jan Clark, Australia
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