Re: REB: What Qualifies for a Rebloom Report?
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] REB: What Qualifies for a Rebloom Report?
- From: w*
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 19:29:42 -0600
- Priority: normal
On 11 Jan 01, at 18:51, storylade@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/11/2001 3:08:53 PM Central Standard Time,
> janclarx@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << In every case, they have not rebloomed once established. >>
>
> Jan, in these cases, the irises would be reported for the area in which
> the bloom was set NOT the areas in which the bloom opened. I used to call
> these blooms "hitch-hikers", but the term seemed to confuse some people.
>
> Betty / Bowling Green KY USA Zone 6
> Only those who dare to dream can make a dream come true.
>
This is the first time I have ever heard of reporting rebloom for an
area other than the one in which you lived. I have never reported
rebloom for California on a recently set plant that bloomed in
Mississippi. I have not reported it at all. If you report a
recently set plant as a rebloomer (CA or MS) and it does not repeat
in subsequent fall cycles, you have skewed the data. Somebody will
read the rebloom report, go out and buy the plant as a rebloomer for
the same area when, indeed, it is not a rebloomer there.
It is my understanding that a cultivar must bloom a spring and a
fall in YOUR garden before it can be reported as a rebloomer.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
