This morning

[Dav4]

Did you have any damage?

I don't think so, but still stormy out so haven't checked. Lost power for a minute and TV for 5...

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

I don't think so, but still stormy out so haven't checked. Lost power for a minute and TV for 5...

It got dark quick...storm blew through pretty fast, power flickered but stayed on. I've been lucky and I've never seen a tornado in MI. (and don't want to either) I just click my heels and go to the basement with my favorite trees. Then I grab the wife.

 

[MGTT]

Fortunately, I saw your post - previous weather reports had not noted the extreme weather! I moved stuff inside and/or under protection. We had a few minutes of high wind, and some relatively minor hail, but seem to have got off lucky for you. A friend in Pickney had a large landscape tree come down, and lost power.....

 

[Dav4]

Fortunately, I saw your post - previous weather reports had not noted the extreme weather! I moved stuff inside and/or under protection. We had a few minutes of high wind, and some relatively minor hail, but seem to have got off lucky for you. A friend in Pickney had a large landscape tree come down, and lost power.....

Glad we both made it through unscathed.

 

[queenofsheba52]

Last year around this time, we had two very bad tornadoes rip through Kalamazoo and Portage during a bad storm. There are still many trees down even yet in the worst hit areas. The storm totally destroyed many homes and businesses. My brother's shop and his pole barn were totaled. I was worried about far worse things than my bonsai, but I had not yet taken them out of winter storage so that was fortunate.

I am happy that you didn't sustain much damage, @Dav4

 

[Dav4]

Last year around this time, we had two very bad tornadoes rip through Kalamazoo and Portage during a bad storm. There are still many trees down even yet in the worst hit areas. The storm totally destroyed many homes and businesses. My brother's shop and his pole barn were totaled. I was worried about far worse things than my bonsai, but I had not yet taken them out of winter storage so that was fortunate.

I am happy that you didn't sustain much damage, @Dav4

Thanks. I guess round two tomorrow night. Hopefully, we have nothing to talk about Thursday!

 

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[Colorado]

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Those are beauties Dave! Is that first one some kind of dwarf iris?

 

[Dav4]

Those are beauties Dave! Is that first one some kind of dwarf iris?

Yes, it’s a dwarf crested Iris. I was gifted a few of these almost a decade ago by someone who worked for the national parks department and would routinely strip them off of hiking trails along the Georgia portion of the Appalachian Trail.

 

[Colorado]

Yes, it’s a dwarf crested Iris. I was gifted a few of these almost a decade ago by someone who worked for the national parks department and would routinely strip them off of hiking trails along the Georgia portion of the Appalachian Trail.

Nice, I love irises. I have a native Rocky Mountain iris as a little accent plant, but it has not flowered for me yet. I’ve only had it 2-3 years.

Do you do anything special to get yours to flower in a small pot?

 

[Dav4]

Nice, I love irises. I have a native Rocky Mountain iris as a little accent plant, but it has not flowered for me yet. I’ve only had it 2-3 years.

Do you do anything special to get yours to flower in a small pot?

I don't do anything special. They get watered and fed with my trees but they definitely get less fert, particularly when flowering. I do need to thin out the pots with irises regularly, as they fill up a pot quickly and don't flower well when crowded.

 

[Dav4]

Nasty storms overnight. This one spent it on the ground.