Re: SIB: Caesar's Brother shy to bloom?
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- Subject: Re: SIB: Caesar's Brother shy to bloom?
- From: D* S* <s*@molalla.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 03:05:44 -0600 (MDT)
Bob Dickow wrote:
>
> I have a bunch (now 18) of siberian irises, and they do very
> well generally. However, this season my Caesar's Brother was totally
> blind of flowers. It had the best culture and is a nice
> full clump in its third year. Last year it produced one
> spike. So far it has not bloomed well, but I'll give it one
> more season. The Butter and Sugar that stands next to it
> was spectacular this year.
>
> My question is, is this variety known to be a shy bloomer?
> Should I be looking for some symptoms of a problem here?
> The foliage is spotless and about 4 feet tall. Caesar's
> Brother is sold everywhere and is very popular. It ought
> to do well!
>
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> * Bob Dickow (dickow@uidaho.edu) \\// *
> * Associate Professor of Horn/Theory/Composition *
> * Lionel Hampton School of Music/Univ of Idaho *
> * URL: http://www.uidaho.edu/~dickow/ *
> **************************************************
Hi Bob;
We have the exact opposite condition here. Caesar's Brother blooms up a
storm, and Butter & Sugar do poorly, if it deigns to survive at all. It
seems to do OK when it is first planted, and then slowly dwindles away
to nothing. Obviously both soils and temps must have something to do
with it. There are a few others we have simply given up on, as well.
Nancy Silverberg, Molalla, OR
