Re: iris DIGEST V1 #95

Hello Rose!

Ambitious, may be, but it's also a trick.
The more sdlgs i'll have, the easiest it will be to be harsh in the genocide we gently call selection... This year i had only 4 maiden bloom and i had to terminate 3....it was like killing familly! 
it was very difficult.
Mass murder is different.....
The weather you're having should have been also the weather here inland Holland, but i have the impression Northern Europe is quickly swapping one zone. 
In fact, it feels more like z7 than z6.
It's as if we were by the sea instead of 120kms inland, and by the sea, they'll be able to grow palm trees pretty soon! 


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Loic TASQUIER
who, like Betty, could die (or kill)... for a repeat, cycle & everblooming / continuous / non-daylight dependant rebloomer! 
    zone 7 - Nederland
Email : tasquierloic@cs.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "rose" <rkinnard@minesmo.org> 
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [iris] iris DIGEST V1 #95




Hello   Loic,



    Rebloom ended in mid October due to repeated hard frosts.  In

November several >>more  started

 new stalks but I cut them out as they could never make maturity in time
to bloom. We had >>about an inch of ice on November 30, and below 32 degree 
weather since then.  I love your >photos, and admire your ambition in
hybridizing.  Like Betty says, if you don't cross them you >can't plant
them.  I have hopes for many more rebloomers next year.  Thanks for your
response.

Rose Kinnard

zone 6

Fredericktown, Mo

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Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 09:17:32 +0100
From: "loic tasquier" <tasquierloic@cs.com>
Subject: [iris] RE-REBLOOM REPORT ZONE 6

Hello Rose

Thanks so much for sending your report.

Must have been a lot of typing!

It's a big help to know what can rebloom in other gardens of the same

zone.

It gives hope that one daysomething might happen too in my garden to some

of

my irises!
it also gives me tips on the ones that still can be used as rebloomers

even if

they don't rebloom here.
Particularly the ones that have rebloomed early for you.

Do you have irises still in bloom now or has frost already cooked

everything?


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