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Re: Iris typhifolia

Anna and Bill,
        Here in central NY we had a very dry May, the second in a row, and it keeps the Siberians from blooming at their normal height.  It's very depressing, actually.  It's like looking at an aerial photo of my garden.  Two which don't seem to care a bit are Caesar's Brother and Violacea.   Most are as Anna Mae says, about half normal height.
        As you both know I'm working on short Siberians too, and it does make evaluating the plants tough. 
        Little White and a few of the other McEwen dwarf Siberians do have the problem of "growing up" after a few years.  I have had this happen on a couple of mine also.  I have one pretty nice cherry red out of Little Papoose which my bloom notes say is 17"; last year it went up to 30".  It's something we'll have to select out.
        Bill, I have a couple in the 6-8" range of no particular merit except that they are very short and also vigorous.  I find that the slugs get them a lot of the time.  Have you noticed this?
        Ken
At 09:51 PM 6/11/2007, you wrote:

No, you didn't confuse me. I know you have been working on dwarfs. What I am saying is with the 36-45" varieties blooming at 18-24" this year, how can you be sure your dwarfs are truly dwarf. And it won't be the first time. I remember that Currier had to keep transplanting some of his dwarfs every few years to keep them blooming as dwarfs. anna mae



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