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Waukesha (Zone 5a)  Cpschult Dec 22, 2017 9:14 AM CST |
| I'm looking for two-three patterned dips that would be hardy enough for zone 5a in Waukesha WI. The one ring looks pretty good- does anyone know how it will do up north? Any other suggestions? Thanks! Chris |
Name: James South Bend, IN (Zone 5b)             JWWC Dec 22, 2017 10:12 AM CST |
| Aside from hardiness, what are you looking for in terms of color, form, size etc? The One Ring does fine in a pot here. I do get more snow being downwind of Lake Michigan though. |
Waukesha (Zone 5a) Cpschult Dec 22, 2017 11:04 AM CST |
JWWC said:Aside from hardiness, what are you looking for in terms of color, form, size etc? Multiple colors, nothing to particular. I haven't looked that dips that much. I had been collecting tet teeth with 2-4 colors until I discovered the bearded dips. Since I'm getting a few bearded/sculpted cristate lilies I need something that will be pollen fertile that looks awesome and can survive Wisconsin. So uh, here I am. Are there any northern hybriziders that do patterned dips that I can get a better feel? I like carpenters and faulkers dips but concerned about their hardiness. I've seen a few of di caires (sp?) that I really like. Does that help? I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for. |
Name: James South Bend, IN (Zone 5b) JWWC Dec 22, 2017 1:45 PM CST |
| Di DeCaire's plants are tets for what it is worth though generally hardy. If you are looking for strong breaks in the eye, There are not a lot of northern hybridizers working on them that I'm aware of. Most of Faulkner's should do reasonably well for you, I would suspect Gossard's as well. I have found Salter's plants to be quite hardy here. In fact I would recommend Cosmic Aftershock to you - solid pattern here and performs very well. You might see if you can find some folks in your area - Sonja Kraft comes to mind - who may grow some of the things you're interested in. |
Name: Joe Hawkins Ontario , Canada (Zone 5b)    spiderjoe Dec 22, 2017 2:56 PM CST |
| I got Liz Salter's URBAN FANTASY a few year ago. I came back fine for me in the spring and the foliage looked good. Its top branched and budded here. The bloom always looks like this. Faulkner's , Almira Buffalo Bone Jackson died here then put up another fan a few inches from the original fan. Wild Dreams died Gossard's RAINBOW FLOWER does ok. Scapes were kinda thin this past year.  |
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