FW: re: Iris reticulata


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> From: 	Susan Campanini
> Sent: 	Monday, March 23, 1998 3:55 PM
> To: 	'alpine listserv'
> Subject: 	re:  Iris reticulata
> 
> 	I have about twenty lovely clumps of Iris reticulata in raised
> scree beds here in east central Illinois that were just starting to
> come into bloom during the mildest February here ever and were then
> covered with six inches of snow (fortunately) prior to temperatures in
> the low teens and single digits Farenheit.
> 	Now the snow has melted, we're up into the 30s and 40s with
> spring just around the corner (i.e, next weekend) and guess what?
> Underneath it all, they were just fine and have now all opened up
> gloriously!
> 	Sadly, neither the species crocus nor the Dutch hybrid crocus
> fared as well this year, what with snow and cold, driving rain, and
> squirrels and rabbits (sigh)... maybe next year.
> 	Anemone blanda is starting to bloom and join the snowdrops and
> aconite. A small tete-a-tete daffodil from a grocery store forcing pot
> last spring is in full bloom in the open garden. Chionodoxa and
> squills are starting to show up too. All tulip and daffodil foliage
> looks good, and there are buds on the Tulipa turkestanica (which can
> also spread like the tarda--thank goodness, the little cuties).  The
> tarda won't be next though; in this garden, the species tulip order of
> bloom seems to be turkestanica followed by pulchella violacea, then
> the linifolia, then tarda...
> 
> 
> Susan Campanini
> in east central Illinois
> zone 5b, min temp -15F×
> e-mail:  campanin@ntx1.cso.uiuc.edu
> 
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