Re: rebloom

 

Hi Eleanor and all,


I am pretty stressed out these days because I can no longer take cate of the the garden like I want to. My husband's health problems take priority these days and I am watching the garden go out of control with weeds, voles, ridiculous weather conditions etc..., but who isn't??? (sigh!) That is why I didn't even see the rebloom on that pink Setosa. I don't know if there is enough time to get instructions for the seed exchange. Although the Iris bloom was good but none of the crosses I made took, so there are just some species, nothing exciting. I am afraid that this fantastic rebloom, (looking at it at it every day now!) will never happen again. In 22 years this never happened with versi or setosa. Only a versata cross does it regularly, and I. sibirica 'Coronation Anthem'. but I usually get 2 or 3 scapes and that is all. We had a cold July (with snow down to 1400 m, we are at 1300m altitude). the new snow, meant heavy rains for us. I believe the Iris were fooled into reacting to winter and spring???

Liselotte
On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:29 AM, Eleanor Hutchison wrote:

 

You'll have to collect seeds for SIGNA too, Liselotte, please and thank you!  <Emoticon2.gif>
 
El, Ste Anne, Manitoba, Canada

From: l*@mac.com
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:11 PM
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-species] rebloom

 

Hi Eleanor and All,


Today I had another surprise, never happened before. In an extremely overgrown seedling bed, I found another rebloom, but the label is buried somewhere in the clump. it does look like a pale pink I. setosa. It must have rebloomed earlier, because the last two flowers seem to grow out between several, very fat, still green pods, while the first flowering  scapes have their pods split. It was too dark to take a picture but I want to collect  some seeds tomorrow.
It must be this insane weather we have had, needed to turn the heat on again in July! It is warmer now!

Liselotte

On Sep 29, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Eleanor Hutchison wrote:

 

Morning Liselotte and all.
 
I'd wondered too if it was rebloom, as your versicolor seedling is blooming as well as mine during regular season.  I've never had a versicolor rebloom.  Good to know they can.
 
We're actually having a nice fall here, with temps still in the 20C's, so I'm managing to finally get caught up, after digging out 3 1/2 beds during July, in the middle of a long drawn out heat wave.  It's finally rained overnight, so I get a day off.  Yessss!
 
El, Ste Anne, Manitoba, Canada

From: l*@mac.com
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:19 AM
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-species] rebloom

 

Hi Mark and All,


Sorry, I was so excited about my crazy versi, just forgot that I was talking about reblpoom. I hate to say this, but think I. versicolor grows better in our cool, moist mountain climate
than anywhere else! (smile) Spring bloom of beardless iris, especially I. versicolor, virginica shrevei, Sibcolor, Versata,Versilaev and all sibiricas were spectacular this year, but we had rain and the bees were no flying ands non of the Shafer/Sacks hybrid would take any pollen. You should see the bees now! especially with Asters and Tradescantias etc.

Liselotte
On Sep 29, 2011, at 4:12 AM, Mark A. Cook wrote:

 

Liselotte,
     Do you get spring bloom on the Versicolors?  That is sure a lot of blooms on that flower now. 
 
Mark A. Cook
b*@bellsouth.net
Dunnellon, Florida. 








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