Re: CULT: survival & list

I don't know, Chuck.  In discussions on this list and some swaps with
Jeff Walters (colder winter, summer dry) it seems like in most cases,
the best in dry summer areas are duds in wet summer areas and vice
versa.  Seems to be true in hotter climates as well.

Anybody have comments on the list of survivors posted below?  Most of
these have pedigrees that indicated they might live here (i.e.,
relatives that live here).

<it seems that the same tender/fussy  plants do well in only certain
climates but hardier plants seem to do well in a large(r) variety of
climates   Any comments?  Chuck Chapman Zone 5b>

Cindy, it isn't 'excessive' moisture, it's "normal" moisture <g> and
very high humidity during hot weather.  Especially when it alternates
with weeks of no rain.  Normal rainfall here is more than 50 inches per
year.  Often 2 inches in 24 hrs, not unusual to have rain every day for
weeks with high temps in the upper 80s to low 90s.  Another factor is
bloom season - early bloomers are often badly damaged by late
winter/early spring sudden hard freezes (night time temps suddenly
dropping to the low 20s or teens after weeks well above freezing),
setting up for disease.  Add to that high disease burden here because my
goal is to grow only cultivars that can tolerate such conditions - no
spray, no grooming, no clean cultivation. Neil says soils in wet summer
areas have high levels of fungal diseases that dry summer areas don't
have (I hope I got that right...) <Nothing> increases here like the
increase described recently by Francelle (I think).

Here's the list of new survivors from last year with blooming size
increases.
Biggest surprise here is CLOUD BERRY - seems to be thriving, with
healthy foliage in spite of coming from a summer dry climate.  It must
like the gravelly soil & all the rain this summer.

cultivar        hybridizer              year of registration
ABOVE THE CLOUDS Schreiner 2001
ANOTHER BRIDGE Wilkerson 2005
BERRY CLASSIC Sides 1999
BLUE ON BLUE Roberts 2003
CANARY DELIGHT J. Roberts 1997
CAT'S EYE Black 2002
CHARDONNAY & ICE Blyth 2002
CHARLIE'S CLOUD Roberts 1998
CHASTE WHITE Zurbrigg 1997
CHINA MOON Schreiner 1998
CLOUD BERRY Turner 1996
COWABUNGA Burseen 1995
DARK PASSION Schreiner 1998
DAUGHTER OF STARS Spoon 2000
DEEP DARK SECRET Black 1998
DOCTOR DARK Burseen 1994
HUE HEAVEN Burseen 1997
HUNTER PINK Stanek 2000
ICELAND Byers 1991
JOY JOY JOY Ensminger 1996
LADIES NIGHT Zurbrigg 1997
LADY OF LOUDON Crossman 1969
LEGENDS OF FALL  Sutton 1998
LUXOR GOLD Schreiner 1998
MADE OF MAGIC Schreiner 2004
MARKING TIME Wilkerson 2002
NIGHT HAWK'S DREAM Roberts 1999
OCTOBER SKY Lauer 1999
ORANGE POPSICLE Sutton 1987
RANKS OF BLUE Crump 2001
RENOWN Zurbrigg 1992
SATURABICO Muska 1999
SELECT CIRCLE Ghio 1996
SHAKE AND BAKE Burseen 1997
SILVER DIVIDENDS Zurbrigg 1989
SONATA IN BLUE Smith 1991
STRATOCUMULUS Burseen 1997
TENDERLY Nearpass 2000
THEME MASTER Wilkerson 2002
THIRSTY OASIS Burseen 1997
TOM JOHNSON Black 1996
TOTAL AUTHORITY Plotner 1987
VANISHING ACT Wilkerson 2002
WAKEWATER Burseen 1995
WINESAP Byers 1990
YOSEMITE STAR Sutton 2004

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