• Subject: Reblooming Spuria irises
• From: J* M* <j*@gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:33:27 -0600

Posted for Dr. James W. Waddick;


	I recently had an inquiry from Madeline Bullock of the Beardless Iris
Group of the BIS regarding the possibility of breeding for reblooming
Spuria irises. Apparently an article in SIGNA (1997) by Clarence Mahan
and an even earlier SIGNA article (1971) by Roy Davidson suggest that
rebloom is common. Even Dykes is said to have had a form of I spuria
that rebloomed floriferously. The species is a spuria known variously
as:

	I autumnalis and I gueldenstadtiana, but these are thought to be
synonyms of I spuria ssp halophila.

	Not just halophila, but a strain that blooms in late
summer/September. And by 'rebloom' this is a full bloom event, not a
few flowers or stems.

	Has anyone observed this strong rebloom in I halophila?

	Anyone growing such a reblooming spuria or know of named reblooming cultivars?

		Thanks for your input. 		Jim Waddick


-- 
Jim Murrain
8871 NW Brostrom Rd
Kansas City, MO 64152-2711
USA

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