Re: Cult: extending Sib season

From: Ellen Gallagher <e_galla@moose.ncia.net>

>From: dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca

>> Yesterday Esther C.D.M., Jatinwane, Purple Sand, Liberty Hills, Frosted
>> Cranberry, Lavender Stipples were in good bloom.  Anna Mae Miller,
>>Kalamazoo
>> MI z5
>
>I've been trying to figure out how to extend the Sib season and would
>like to know if there are any sibs that flower later than the ones  Anna
>Mae has listed above. Do they all flower at the same time or one after
>the other?

	Liberty Hills and Esther C.D.M. were late bloomers in my
	garden (my former garden) but Mesa Pearl was even later in
	bloom and was my last Siberian to flower....

	I had to leave all of these Siberians in place so the new
	owner now has custody of them. :(  But I have ordered new
	ones for this garden.

	BTW, my Siberian season has begun with a lot in colored bud
	and a few in bloom. Four new blooming one-year herbaceous
	peonies are outdoing the Sibs, I am afraid. Jamaican Velvet (Sib)
	opened yesterday and I have to ask Tom Abrego what he does to
	his Siberians. They were just little runts last August when I
	planted them and all of his (every one) is going to bloom. Wow.
	I am especially anxious to see Cheery Lyn (Anna Mae Miller's
	pinkish one). I have never seen it along with Dancing Shadows
	and Rosebud Melody (also Anna Mae's). These came from Jody
	Camille and they are in bud...also looking forward to Raspberry
	Rainbow from Chandler Fulton, etc. Four new ones (for me) of
	Dana Borglum's are in bloom or getting to open. Lake Keuka
	is so special.

	These were all new rhizomes planted less than one year ago and
	in Zone 3, I used to have to wait at least two years for bloom
	sometimes three (excepting Sibs from Jody that always bloomed
	in one year - she is in my neighborhood, so to speak).

	A bit of bloom from the beardeds this first year but not very
	much, disappointing. The Japanese irises are struggling with a
 	little higher pH than I had in my former place. I am pouring on
	water which I should have tested, thinking that I may be doing
	more harm to them depending on the test results.

	Cheers,

	Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher    /     e_galla@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA   /   Zone  3
Berlin, NH    in   'The Great North Woods'
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