Re: FW: 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!

Hi Susan,

I wish I were so lucky (both to have 20 clumps of Iris reticulata, and
to have had the blooms survive) -- my Iris reticulata all looked as if
they had melted when the snow finally got around to thawing.  What
freakish weather we've been having!

I really should drive by and see your garden.  It sounds so 
nice!

So far, not much has opened in my yard.  The 'Tete a tete' daffodils
are up but not quite open yet, like all of the larger daffodils here.
My Puschkinia are open (and have been for about 3 weeks), with more
on the way.  Surprisingly, my Muscari don't show any flower buds yet.

Lots of perennials are coming up too.  The sweet woodruff, soapwort,
coreopsis, and cushion spurge are all opening their leaves. 
Unfortunately, the snow 'crispified' the leaves on my emerging roses,
the Palibin Meyer lilac, and my variegated Hydrangea macrophylla.  I
was so excited about the latter -- in early February it was sending
up shoots from the old growth, but they've since fallen off.  No 
blooms this year, I guess.  :(

Chris
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