RE: TB: low bloom height this year
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  • Subject: RE: TB: low bloom height this year
  • From: &* E* <f*@q.com>
  • Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 13:31:40 -0700
I live in Southern Arizona in a very different clinate from most of you.  We
had a normal Dec.  In the second week of Jan.  we had, what for us was, a
big freeze, below 30 degrees F. for four nights in a row.  My resets,
bloomed later and shorter than usual.  Two year clumps bloomed normally, but
of over a dozen usually dependable rebloomers, only three managed any
rebloom.  They were Mesmerizer, a coral pink seedling I am going to register
this year, and my Desert Roundelay.  Even Cloud Reflection didn't rebloom.
I don't know if that freeze had anything to do with it or not, but I don't
know what else to blame.  The rest of the spring was very pleasant.
We won't see any more bloom here now.  Yesterday's temperture was 108, same
today, and nothing below 105 expected for the next four months.
Francelle Edwards

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From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Phloid
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2013 2:09 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Cc: Holly Canfield
Subject: Re: [iris] TB: low bloom height this year

Shorter than expected bloom was the norm for me too. I'm in SW NC and no
salt spray. As with Glen, mild winter and chilly spring but no rash of late
frosts. I wonder if this might be main culprit.  On many the first stalks
were very low & some flowers quite stunted. That improved later even within
the same clump but still even then heights were below what expected. The
plants themselves were in excellent form for the vast part.

As I have bemoaned before, last year the very mild winter plus _normal_
spring freezes lead to disaster. Virtually no stalks ever emerged from the
fan and soft rot was rampant. I think there was some bud loss this year too
since so many big sized fans & clumps never sent up a stalk, oldies cvs and
newies both. But no rot problem of note. Don't believe over fertilizing N or
under P is my problem.

What are others seeing? I am relatively new to serious iris collecting and
this is making me discouraged.

Shaub
SW NC Z6b

On 6/1/2013 4:15 PM, Holly Canfield wrote:
> Did you have a lot of blow in from Sandy?  Maybe you got more salt 
> water and that inhibited some of the bloom/growth?  I know some areas 
> the forsythia took forever to bloom and didn't bloom as well this year 
> up there.
>
> I don't know if the low bloom height would be aftereffects of Sandy, 
> but it might be something to consider.
>
> Holly, WV
>
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