Thanks for the report on all your rebloomers, Chuck. I was just about to
mention that most of my reblooming iris are hybridized by you. :)
They usually start reblooming in July, but Forever Blue reblooms in both
July and Sept; some years, it's almost ever blooming fr July to Sept.
It's the first year of rebloom here for Wizard of Hope and MDB Forever
Violet. Years ago, I asked Chuck what conditions his reblooming iris liked.
He said they liked to be divided and moved a lot. I compromised on that,
and just pull a rhizome or 2 off the back of a clump either in spring or
July; that's usually the one that reblooms the next spring. None of the 3
beds where the rebloomers are located are protected from wind nor winter;
they get at least 1 ft of snow cover however. Older clumps of these same
varieties that I haven't yet divided have never rebloomed, but they are the
source for the ones that do rebloom.
Forever Blue has been reblooming here since I first got it in 1997. SDB
Autumn Jester usually reblooms in Sept, but not this year; it must need to
be divided, after 3 years in the same spot.
A few years ago, during a very cool rainy spring, MDB Ditto and Bee Wings
rebloomed. This year, MDB Velvet Toy rebloomed at the end of Sept. I'm
trying a piece of Immortality from someone nearby that does get rebloom;
we'll see what happens, hopefully this year.
BJ, hopefully Forever Blue and Blueberry Tart you got from me will rebloom
for you. I pulled them from my reblooming clumps.
I want to set aside a spot just for potential rebloomers, but I always get
sidetracked, alas.
El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Z3
MIS, DIS & HIPS Display Garden
----- Original Message -----
From: "irischap" <irischapman@aim.com>
To: <iris-photos@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 9:14 PM
Subject: [iris-photos] Re: Hyb Rebloomers Canada 2007
> This year I had rebloom starting in June (SDB Forever Blue) until Sept
> 16th with a hard frost, but after a few days they started up again
> frost as it usually continues until near end of October.
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> Rebloom on
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> Forever Blue
> Forever Violet
> Wizard Of Hope
> Blueberry Tart
> Jean Guymer
> Autumn Jester
> Queen Dorothy
> Rosalie Figge
> Again and Again
> Pinkness
> Pink Attraction
> Clarence
> Then Again
> Lilac Stitchery
> Red Revival
> Immortality
> English cottge
> Touch Of Spring
> Cantina
> Little Showoff
> Autumn bugler
> Autumn Tryst
> September Replay
> Northward Ho
> Perpetual Indulgence
> Autumn Embers
> and Lenora Pearl, but this was a bit of a cheat as it was in cold
> greenhouse.
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> In addition I had rebloom on a number of seedlings. One that be might
> be just good enough is a seedling from a cross of Forever Blue x
> Victoria Falls. It is not one of my dylight independent rebloomers but
> a late fall rebloomer. An accepttable flower, just barely. I may see
> if I had a photo that could be posted.
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> My garden is out in the country and it blooms later then most other
> iris growers in Southern Ontario. I'm zone 5b Canadian rting which is
> abour 4 USA rating.
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> Eleanor Hutchison in Manitoba, Z3 Canadian Rating reports rebloom on
> Forever Blue
> Forever Violet
> Blueberry Tart
> Wizard Of Hope
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> These are all SDB of mine from the Daylight independent line.
> Immortality has not rebloomed for her.
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