Re: Unreliable bloom

Hi Louise. 
 
I am in Northern Michigan, so I can relate to your winter problem!  Our winter came on last winter without any snow cover, so I lost much of my bloom also.  In fact, my whole raised bed is without bloom this year, and the clumps have great foliage.  How cold does it normally get in the winter for Nova Scotia?
 
What kind of iris are you growing primarily?  I have Tall Beardeds, and they take the winter somewhat harshly.  I think they also need time to adjust to our colder climates, in some cases.
 
I hope this helps.  I don't think that it is the nature of iris to be unreliable.  An established clump (2 or 3 years old) should bloom yearly.  In the case of a bad winter, hopefully they'll bloom next year!
 
Take care,
Adam
 
P.S. when did your bloom season start?

weezieb <weezieb@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:
Hi, I am a novice iris grower but have read alot about them and can find no
good answer as to why they are so unreliable in bloom. Is this just the
nature of the plant or should I be looking for ones that are known to be
more reliable. We had a grower here who intened to grow iris and abandoned
them in favour of lillies for this problem.
This year was exceptionally bad for iris here in Nova Scotia, I have whole
patches with good foliage but no flowers. It was a very wet spring and
winter came on suddenly last fall, could those be factors?
Any tips how how to ensure adequate growth to get a flower every year? Such
a disappointment to wait all year for no flowers!
Louise 

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