Re: No Subject
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: No Subject
- From: D*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 21:43:19 -0400
In a message dated 96-04-22 01:32:47 EDT, you write:
>Has anyone had the experience of planting their iris one year,
>and they all come true to their respective colors, and the following year
>they all bloom in one single color? I would certainly appreciate any help.
Hi, Philip. I haven't had exactly that experience, but have some ideas on
it. When something like that happens, generally we think that you have lost
the varieties with the different color, or they are not blooming. One
strong- growing variety may crowd weaker growers out entirely. Or a plant
could be so crowded that it doesn't bloom, even though it's still there.
Here it is not uncommon to have the buds freeze in the bloomstalk on tender
varieties. One variety will freeze, and not bloom, and the one next to it
may be OK.
When several varieties are planted close, or grow together, it is very
difficult to tell what's what without bloom--the leaves all look pretty much
alike! You could have one, two, three varieties--but only one blooming. But
the same plant does not change color from year to year.
If the plant(s) are real crowded, you might try separating them, making
several new starts from different areas, and hope you got a piece of
everything that is left! I've had to resort to that--sometimes you'll see
the "original" color again in a year or two, and sometimes you won't!
Good Luck!
Dorothy Fingerhood
DFingerhoo@aol.com
Newfield, NY (Zone 4)
