Re: Re: :HYB:Goals:Preferences(was Limbo Seedlings)
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: Re: :HYB:Goals:Preferences(was Limbo Seedlings)
  • From: i*@aim.com
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:01:11 -0400
 The October rebloom for you often ends up being earlier in cooler climates.

Bud set is temperature related, and  rebloom can only happen after bud set
happens. For bud set you need  temperatures between 16-21C or 60-72  at
night.

Chuck Chapman








-----Original Message-----
From: J. Griffin Crump <jgcrump@cox.net>
To: iris@hort.net
Sent: Wed, Jun 30, 2010 12:28 pm
Subject: Re: [iris] Re: :HYB:Goals:Preferences(was Limbo Seedlings)


Betty  --  Do you have a post-able photo of that variegata?  I like im, too.
And what's wrong with blooming in October?  Sure, that's too late for some
northern climes, but I have IB and TB rebloomers, here at the tip-top of zone
7, that bloom in October, November and December  --  even occasionally gracing
the Christmas table.  --  Griff

Griffin's Den
http://www.pilmore.com/griffinsden/default.html
Zone 7 along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, in Virginia

----- Original Message ----- From: "thomas silvers" <tesilvers@yahoo.com>
To: "iris-talk" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:28 AM
Subject: [iris] Re: :HYB:Goals:Preferences(was Limbo Seedlings)

> Hi Betty,
> I certainly understand your reluctance to introduce anything that isn't >
REALLY special, but I guarantee that: if you love that variegata seedling >
enough to want to line it out, that there will be a lot of other people > who
will love it too. Surely there will be people who don't like it, but > that's
always going to be the case with any introduction - even the Dykes > medal
winners get trashed. You've been doing this for long enough (and > definitely
mentally invested ;0) that I'm pretty sure you're not going to > be blind to
the faults in your seedlings. So if you love it, it's got to > be good enough.
> Now I expect to see future photos of it lined out and in full bloom ;0)
> Take care, Tom
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Betty wrote:
>
> ...I've one I'm going to line out when the weather breaks--It's a tall >
variegata
> with good branching, bud count, bloom size, triple terminal, etc., etc., >
The
> color is good.  On the bad side it rebloomed in October and has more haft
> marks than I would like.  Personally, I love it.  But will others trash >
it?
> Does it fall bloom too late?  Is it too hafty?  Will it behave in other
> climates?  Will it even grow everywhere?  Just how much time, money and >
energy
> must I spend to get it to the point of introduction?
>
> It's enough to make some people give up.  ;-)
>
> Betty W.
> KY Zone 6
>
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