Re: Re: Cult: TBs
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: Cult: TBs
- From: B* C*
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 22:41:38 -0700
Oh, Silly Me - I responded too quickly about calling Schreiner's Garden for
pronunciation. I forgot that I was reading last week's mail. I'm only
slightly behind on these messages!!
I'm up to my elbows in dirt. It's harvest and delivery time for my
customers, then on to replanting my stuff. I always have a lot of
"catching up" to do on the e-mail in late September.
Betty
irislady@northcoast.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "FRANCELLE EDWARDS" <fjmjedwards@worldnet.att.net>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:30 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: Cult: TBs
> I am as prone to complain about irises that don't do well for me as
anyone.
> This time I want to commend some that have stood up to four months of
> consistent temperatures between 105 and 110 degrees F. with night time
> temperatures in the 80s and are still growing beautifully, multiplying
well
> and show no signs of rot. First the old ones: Skating Party, Mary
Frances,
> Lady Friend, Jesse's Song, Anna Belle Babson. Now some newer ones:
Smiling
> Gold, Noreen's Delight, Purple Pirouette, Carnival Song, Bay City, Penny
> Lane, Stairway to Heaven. That's not all, just the ones that come to mind
> after three weeks of digging them in the heat. I had to dig a first year
> clump of Ring Around Rosie because it was too crowded. It yielded 10 big,
> healthy rhizomes. That's too much growth; I can't dig irises every year!
> With a few beautiful exceptions, they are really tough, hardy plants.
> Francelle Edwards where September temperatures are 108 F. and my mantra
is:
> October is coming.
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