Re: Hail, Off She Goes
- To: s*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: [sibrob] Hail, Off She Goes
- From: R*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 01:22:29 EDT
In a message dated 5/30/00 10:07:45 PM, ambrosia@silk.net writes:
<< We had the worst hail storm since we have been at the Stepping Stones
address. [snip] Quite a few of the plants have had bloom stalks snapped
off. Foliage is bruised and pock-marked.
Fortunately it did not last long enough to beat everything to a pulp.
Bearded iris came through in better shape, just the currently open blooms
have been tattered. >>
My sympathies, Leroy!
Last year I had a hail storm that dumped about 4 inches of pea-sized hail on
my home and garden in early May. Most of the bearded iris bloom was lost, but
there was a silver lining in the clouds-- my Siberian iris stalks were far
enough down in the foliage to escape damage and I was able to win the Silver
Medal at the Colorado Springs show in June.
My Siberians came through for me again this year. A hard freeze knocked out
most of the bearded irises (for the second year in a row!), but the Siberians
were largely unaffected. I took some scruffy bearded irises and 5 dynamite
Siberian stalks to the show and got the Bronze medal. It's been a bizarre
year here too.
OFF SHE GOES opened for me for the first time today. Very pretty.
Lynda--enjoying her *short* Siberians
Lynda D. Love
Rxiris@aol.com
Denver, Colorado, USA, Zone 5
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