2001 BVIG Experience
- Subject: [sibrob] 2001 BVIG Experience
- From: H* P*
- Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:08:46 -0700
My Siberians are currently planted in a 120 foot row on a 2 feet spacing on the side of a north facing hill. My first experience with Siberians was 4 years ago. I had 18 of them in a mixed bed with Louisianas. The location was not seen by customers visiting the garden. With the second year bloom, I liked the Siberians and especially the foliage after bloom and decided to add Siberians to my sales list. I moved the existing Siberians to their current high visibility location and purchased enough additional cultivars to fill all 60 spaces.
Each year, I have had 20% to 40% deaths of cultivars new to the garden. In most cases, I have not given the cultivar a second chance. The plant rating scale I use is 0 = dead, 1= barely surviving, 2 = okay, 3 = good, 4 = great. In the table below, some of the 2 year old 3s and 4s were a 1 the spring of the first year.
The table below is only the 3s and 4s of this past spring.
2001 Siberian rating at Beautiful View Iris Garden
clumps rated 0 to 4 with 0 being dead and 4 being great
height is taller of leaves or bloom
* means moved intact to new location 2 years ago
Cultivar
height
rating
years
Borbelleta
29
3
2
Caesar's Brother
29
3
2
Cheery Lyn
31
4
2
Coronation Anthem
23
4
4*
Frosted Cranberry
24
3
2
Frosty Rim
31
4
4*
Grand Junction
20
3
2
Gull's Wing
32
3
2
High Standards
23
3
4*
Jaybird
34
3
2
Jeweled Crown
19
3
4*
Lilting Laura
19
3
4*
Mad Magenta
24
3
2
Mary Louise Michie
24
3
2
Over in Gloryland
28
4
4*
Roaring Jelly
24
3
2
Shaker's Prayer
31
4
4*
Shirley's Choice
20
3
4*
Spirit of York
16
3
4*
Springs Brook
27
4
4*
Strawberry Fair
27
4
2
Harold Peters
Beautiful View Iris Garden USDA zone 9
2048 Hickok Road
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
harold@directcon.net www.beautiful-view-iris.com
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