Re: Re: REB: cycle rebloom (was experiments..)

Hello Linda

i have the impression my conditions here in Holland are a bit like yours.
Wet alright because of the rain, but made much worse by the dew coming from
the river nearby.
Also, being 120kms inland, we get more frost than what they say in the weather
forecasts...

So, the irises coming from Provence, California and Australia have a survival
rate here much lower than the ones coming from wet Oregon or cold Tchekie.
I might stop importing anything from the hot countries, and let others test
them before......
Still, some make it and it great!

By the way, (i almost forgot the reason i started writing to you,) Low Ho
Silver is thriving here, but still has a tendency to rot, so i wanted to give
you the name of my best spring AND summer rebloomer for me, it is ANGEL
HEART.
Not one single trace of rot, and reliable bloom and rebloom!
Pod fertile on top of it.
And a very striking orange beard on white.
ANGEL HEART


  (J. T. Aitken, R. 1996) Sdlg. 90M35. IB, 25" (64 cm), M & RE (Sept/WA)
  S. white; F. white, hafts yellow; beards orange. Coral Charmer X Be Happy.
Aitken's Salmon Creek 1996
  I posted a picture in Nov 2006:
http://www.hort.net/lists/highlight.cgi?bits=3&search=angel+heart&URL=iris-ph
otos/nov06/msg00062.html#marker


Looc



 From: Linda Mann
  To: iris@hort.net
  Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:54 PM
  Subject: [iris] Re: REB: cycle rebloom (was experiments..)


  Hi Colleen.

  Yup, St. Petersburg definitely did die, tried two different times.  It
  grows in this general area, & I'll bet I could keep it alive in a pot to
  bring in during the worst abrupt changes in weather.

  Two factors are extreme here compared to the much of the rest of
  surrounding area - dew on foliage half a day or more, persistent cold in
  frost pocket.  Add to that the high variability of temperature and
  rainfall.  Last year's freeze damage was worse than usual, but it
  happens here to some extent nearly every year.  Plants selected in
  climates where temperatures don't truck along at 75oF for several weeks
  in midwinter, then suddenly drop to the teens, just don't seem to thrive
  here.

  Put some St. Pete in a pot, grow it outdoors for a few warm weeks, then
  stick it in the freezer for 24 hrs, & you'll get an idea for what
  happens ;-)

  My seedlings don't <enjoy> that kind of weather, but they do shake it
  off and get back to growing.  Sets up more climate sensitive ones for
  rot, leaf spot, general malaise and/or death.

  Low Ho Silver thrives here, at least now that it's out of the sun in
  mostly high shade, with some protection from freezing on cold clear
  windless nights by overhanging tree limbs.  Spring bloom only.  It's
  papa BABY BLESSED does fine out in the gravel rows.

  Low Ho started out in the gravel rows, nearly died, I nearly got rid of
  it, then "temporarily" put the tiny surviving scrap in a 4 inch pot in
  its current location.  The plan was to put it in a bigger pot & see if I
  could revive it enough to take to a club sale.

  I forgot about it, it somehow crawled out the bottom of the pot (managed
  to send increases out the drain hole on one side, then rooted outside),
  and has made a nice small clump surrounding the empty pot.  Three
  bloomstalks about to open.

  <St Petersberg died!!! I thought that was one that would grow in solid
  concrete in all weathers. Extremely vigorous for us. Many of Monty Byers do
  well for us, but then our climate might be closer to that of where they
were
  bred.>
  --
  Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
  East Tennessee Iris Society <http://www.DiscoverET.org/etis>
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