CULT: Tender Varieties

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--- wmoores@watervalley.net wrote:
> 
> > >	Others prone to be tender.
> 
> 	LADY FRIEND

   V. sez: I don't grow this, but it is widely grown in the
area, and is very hardy here.
> 
> 	EPICENTER revives remarkably after being struck by a
> late 
> frost/freeze but not in time to bloom.

   V. sez: I have seen this in several VA gardens, where it
was doing well. In fact, it was voted best out of region
cultivar at last years's Region 4 regional in VA. 
> 
>       AURA LIGHT produces huge flowers on short stalks if
> it is 
> permitted to bloom.  Has bloomed once in four years.
> 
   V. sez: I grew this for 3 years, and never had a stalk.
Any fan large enough to produce a stalk would rot in
spring. Much prefer GOLD FROSTING as a gold amoena.

>      GIGOLO and just about all of its children I have
> tried.  Also 
> gives narrow, grass-like foliage, and spindly stalks if
> they don't get 
> chilled out first.
> 
   V. sez: GIGOLO was a poor grower and bloomer here, as
have been most of its children. However, I believe ROCK
STAR has GIGOLO as a parent, and it is VERY vigorous and
hardy here.

>      Irises listed as VE or E for their bloom season are
> not for this 
> climate.
> 
   V. sez: Some early ones do lousy here - STORYLINE comes
to mind - but some are okay. MYSTIC LACE and PAINTED PLIC
are two early TBs here that do well, and bloom every year.
    ELECTRIQUE grew okay here, but had a lousy bud count.
WITCHING looked ill every spring - no rot, no ailment you
cound pinpoint, but the large fans fan would die back, with
no rot. I finally got one stalk after several years, with
about 3 buds.



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Vince Lewonski
vincelewonski@yahoo.com
Secane, Pennsylvania, USA Zone 6b
"I want to be Bob Dylan; Mr. Jones wishes he were someone just a little more funky..."

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