RE: lactea re-bloom

In addition to a number of bearded rebloomers, I have two of the Pryors Louisianas in bloom, FOR DAD and EDNA GRACE.
 
Greg McCullough
Iris City Gardens
Primm Springs, TN (just southwest of Nashville)
zone 6
www.iriscitygardens.com
 
At 06:29 PM 10/30/2005, you wrote:
>     This is the third year in a row for three different clones of Iris
> lactea to re-bloom. If you got the pictures you can see why I'm not too
> excited. Although they have been blooming for two weeks with a few
> flowers every day the stalks are only one or two inches tall while the
> foliage is about two feet long and splayed over the flowers. The pix were
> taken in low light and look much too blue. These plants were grown from
> wild collected seed and have been in the same spot six or seven years.
> These clumps are quite large, easily over eighteen inches at the base.

That is totally awesome.  I haven't noticed any of my irises re-blooming
this fall... in spite of the recent 70+ degree weather.  :-(

Dennis in Cincy

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