Re: dwarf beardeds and hotter climates
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- Subject: Re: dwarf beardeds and hotter climates
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@cache.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 22:09:50 -0600 (MDT)
Hi Amy!
You write (10 June 97):
>
> Will these just generally not get enough chill hours to bloom? Or would
> they actually decline and die?
>
> In other words, I could plant these and wait for the COLD YEARS that
> inevitably happen and have bloom. But only if they would survive our
> warmer weather.
>
> What is the story here? and would the clumps increase without blooming
> during warmer-wintered years?
I grow some SDBs that were hybridized by Hooker Nichols, who lives in
Dallas, and John Weiler, who lives in Fresno, CA has developed a series of
reblooming SDBs, and there are other people in mild climates who hybridize
dwarf bearded iris. I assume these must bloom more than just occasionally
for the people who bred them or they would find something better to do with
their time and energy. Maybe these sorts of dwarfs would be the ones that
would perform well for you.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@cache.net
