Re: REB: Fall Bloom Only
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] REB: Fall Bloom Only
- From: z*@mindspring.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 19:30:08 -0400
>> I've always wondered about Gold Reprise which blooms
>> only in the fall for me and asked a well known rebloom hybridizer what
>> this was, the answer (confused)
>
> randy, southern california, zone8
>
> I am the father of GR, and I don't know what you call fall bloom
>alone. It definitely is not rebloom because the consarned thing
>didn't bloom in the spring to begin with. I have not had that
>problem with this cultivar, but have had fall bloom only on
>DIMESPOT, GR's sister, and some older ones like HELL'S FIRE
>and CEASE FIRE. DS and GR had no problems giving spring and
>fall bloom in TX, but neither likes MS too well yet they manage
>runted fall stalks. CS never ever bloomed in the spring for me but
>always did in the fall. I think that a 'fall bloomer only' puts all its
>energy into a 'rebloom time frame', and the increases don't mature
>in time for spring bloom.
>
>Maybe this answer will make me well-known!
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA
>
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Dear Walter: I would call an iris that blooms only in the fall a fall-blooming
iris. I would also like to buy such. But do be certain that others also
find it to be a fall-blooming iris in their gardens. They do act
differently in different gardens. (Mine is one of the hardest, alas). I
have only had one seedling that bloomed only in the fall; it was not good
enough to introduce. Lloyd Zurbrigg in Durham NC, where it is HOT. Best
Wishes!
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