RE: 2006 bloom
- Subject: RE: [sibrob] 2006 bloom
- From: w*@cs.com
- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:24:49 -0400
Hello everyone;
We have had the opposite weather form Claire. A warm to hot Spring, everything was two weeks early and the bloom season was short, early and mid-season sibs bloomed together. Typically the 15th of June is peak bloom and I had only Gull's Wing and King of Kings blooming which are very late bloomers. Has been a good season for seedlings, they have had prodigous growth!
A couple really fabulous looking newer sibs: Charming Billy, Ruffles and Flourishes, & Pixie Preview.
Bill Dougherty
ecpep@aol.com wrote:
>I haven't written for a long time but am inspired this year by the bloom on
>the Siberians in New York.
>
>We have had a cold spring, came close to a frost two nights in June and have
>had rain in the forecast or on the garden nearly daily. There has been less
>sun on the garden and more cloudy or grey weather than in many years
>remembrance. We follow the practice of using any ordinary 5-10-5 in March on the whole
>farm.
>
>With all of this, the bloom on the Siberians is the best in fifteen years.
>There are many flowers on clumps which have been spare of flowers in the past.
>Last summer was also rainy. The plants with fewest bloomstalks are those in
>the least amount of open or sunny areas. Do look into some of the older,
>smaller flowered cv's. They have hundreds of bloomstalks and make a statement in
>the garden.
>
>Half of the Siberians were dug up and divided in the fall of 2004. I would
>conclude that two or more years is needed in our zone to return Siberians to
>full flower and that huge amounts of water are the single most beneficial garden
>situation conducive to flowering well.
>
>Orville Fay is still my favorite Siberian.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>zone 4 - NYS mountains
>
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