Re: CULT: "Reversion" to White
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- Subject: Re: CULT: "Reversion" to White
- From: "* P* <b*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 19:17:32 -0600 (MDT)
Sharon:
My observation of this kind of phenomena is what
got me started on this list. I have about ten
different color iris in my yard and only about 5
different colors would be in any one year's
bloom. The iris had been there for 5 or 6 years.
It seemed that they were alternating bloom every
other year. From the good people here I got the
explanation that crowding was causing stress and
the stress was reducing the blooming to less than
every year so that some bloomed one year and some
another. From your observation and mine we may
have a very good explanation of the "Revision"
to white or purple or cream color. Wait until
next year and see what color the iris "revert"
to.
Bob
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> From: Sharon McAllister
<73372.1745@compuserve.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list
<iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: CULT: "Reversion" to White
> Date: Sunday, April 19, 1998 4:31 PM
>
> Walter Moores wrote:
>
> > Even if you miss getting every piece
and you have 'volunteers,'
> > .the entire bed or field would not be white
unless you grew nothing bu=
> t
> > white irises there.
>
> True. That's why I think that
> "reversion" is rarely observed by
> true irisarians. It's most often
> reported by someone who =
>
> finally replaced a planting of =
>
> "flags" with modern iris.
>
> Sometimes, it does affect a bed
> that has a limited range. My first
> lesson concerning "reversion"
> came many years ago, in the form
> of a 150-ft row that bloomed all
> purple although it had supposedly
> been started with five different varieties.
>
> It had been naturatlized for at least
> 15 years, I suspect many more.
> This was presented as a reason I
> shouldn't waste money buying new
> iris. Of course I didn't buy into it, but
> I DID observe that planting for several
> more years and the next year only the =
>
> cream-colored ones bloomed! Most
> years, two or three different ones
> bloomed -- but never all five. =
>
>
> Sharon McAllister
> 73372.1745@compuserve.com
