Re: CULT: Bloomout Revisited
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Bloomout Revisited
- From: s*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:11:31 EDT
In a message dated 6/20/2000 8:23:07 PM Central Daylight Time,
dkramb@badbear.com writes:
<< bloomout could have
something to do with the rhizome not being buried deep enough.
>>
Some irises tend to bloom out in different/all gardens in different/all
climates. And, one presumes, planted at different/all depths. They get
reputations as being prone to bloomout. How would this relate to the depth
an iris is planted? Just asking!
ORANGE STAR, which I'd like to find again, had a reputation for doing this.
I was given a start by a friend who hoped I had some sort of magic that would
increase the iris. The theory was that I could then populate the region with
ORANGE STAR. LOL. I got off to a great start when the one rhizome put on
five new increases the first fall. I was thrilled! Imagine my dismay as fan
after fan presented a bloom stalk the next spring. Five beautiful stalks of OR
ANGE STAR. What a clump! In a hot, dry, and windy spring, it refused to set
a pod. Poof! Another iris done gone.
In addition to blooming out,ORANGE STAR also had a tendency to decline and
disappear.
Betty in Bowling Green KY zone 6
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