RE: Sibs Starting to bloom
- Subject: RE: [sibrob] Sibs Starting to bloom
- From: <M*@fin.gc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 11:01:49 -0400
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- Thread-topic: [sibrob] Sibs Starting to bloom
Banish Misfortune, Barbara Schmieder and Pleasures of May are in bloom. It is peak IB season with a few TBs in bloom here. Lots of SDBs still blooming too.
Maureen
Ottawa, Ontario
Zone 4
-----Original Message-----
From: Ellen Gallagher [e*@yahoo.com]
Sent: May 29, 2004 1:18 AM
To: sibrob@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [sibrob] Sibs Starting to bloom
--- laurief <laurief@paulbunyan.net> wrote:
>>> How are you having Sib bloom already down in Mpls when all I
have blooming so far are one MDB and two SDBs? China Spring
is maybe 3-4" tall at this point. We've only had one or two
days all spring that exceeded 70 degrees (mostly in the 40s and
50s), and it's been extremely dry. <<<
Hi Laurie,
We have about 10 SDBs in bloom and only one MDB..'Doozey'. BUT,
(drum roll), Iris typhifolia opened today with two great
bloomstalks. It wasn't open yesterday and I didn't go down to
that end of the property in the rain today. I saw it as I drove
by in the car this afternoon and was so startled that I almost
crashed the car. (just kidding, almost). We have had lots of
rain in the past 3 weeks and some warmth but not a lot. We had a
frost not long ago..within the past two weeks.
This is a record early bloom for Iris typhifolia here.. first
bloom the last few years: 6/10/00, 5/30/01, 6/06/02, 6/05/03 and
today's 5/28/04. 'China Spring' has buds and so does 'Wings of
Night'..I better inspect all the others tomorrow so I don't get
caught by surprise. I didn't realize that '01 was another early
bloom year which is a good reason to keep a 'bloom book'.
Looks like a good year for bloom in all the different classes.
The IBs and some early TBs,etc. are loaded with buds.
>>> I continue to wonder if bloom is EVER going to happen this
year! <<<
I betcha it will. :-)
Cheers,
Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher
The Society for Siberian Irises: http://www.socsib.org
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