CULT: Bearded acclimatization
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- Subject: CULT: Bearded acclimatization
- From: L* F*
- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 07:15:49 -0800 (PST)
Thank you, Bill Shear, for the quick and complete
response to my first question about bearded irises
completing their bloom cycle. I guess now I have to
do everything possible to nurture all those little
increases along ... assume they survive this first
winter in northern MN.
Now for my next question:
It seems there are certain bearded cvs that take
longer than others to acclimate after transplantation
and establish a regular bloom cycle. I have read
several reports of IMMORTALITY taking several years to
start blooming in different folks' gardens. Does a
slow-to-acclimate iris like IMMORTALITY take several
years to bloom *each* time it's divided and replanted
in the *same* garden or is this only a problem when
the plant has been relocated from one garden to
another garden? If it requires a long acclimatization
period after each transplantation in the *same*
garden, would it be a better tactic to only thin the
existing clump rather than to dig up, divide, and
transplant the whole thing?
Laurie
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lfandjg@yahoo.com
zone 3b - northern MN
amended clay soil
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