Hi Tom,
Where I live in KY, the humidity can be almost crippling, accompanied with heavy morning dew. In one of the more recent droughts, I noticed that the only things reblooming just happened to be along the drip lines of the shed and one carport. Not sure the dew was a factor, but it did supply moisture.
<<the dews to be any heavier,>>
Betty Wilkerson
Bridge In Time Iris Garden
KY Zone 6
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From: thomas silvers <tesilvers@yahoo.
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Sent: Mon, Jul 12, 2010 6:48 am
Subject: [iris-photos] Re: Re: MTB: Summer bloom CRICKET SONG
Hi Betty,
That wall faces West but it's actually a corner jutting out on the front of our house which faces South (slightly Southwest). But it's interesting that you've observed effects of being planted on the East side of a building because I've been wondering if being near a building at all might be helping out the summer blooming tendency - with some kind of microclimate, heat storage or other temperature modifying effect. I haven't noticed the dews to be any heavier, if anything I'd guess it might even be a little drier. It's only been in one other location before I moved it here. The seedling batch I selected it out of was growing further out from the house on this same South side. But I selected and moved it because of the Fall rebloom. I'll have to try it out planted in some more different locations.
Thanks, Tom
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Tom, that clump is up against the wall. What direction does that face? Do you get a heavy dew there?
<<same stalk >>
Over the years I've noticed that many rebloomers do better if planted on the east side of a building or wall. Any observations with CS?
Betty W.
