CULT: stalk height was Bloom Report
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- Subject: CULT: stalk height was Bloom Report
- From: "* b* c* <b*@atlantic.net>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 20:31:21 -0600 (MDT)
Maureen,
> I have decided that weather is a signficant determinant of height. With
> iris bloom about three weeks early for us, about half the TBs bloomed
> their normal height with weaker stalks and some with fewer branches and
> bud count.
>
You are correct. Some varieties are more prone to this than are
others. When I lived in Kentucky, I noticed that late freezes, or in rare
instances, drought resulted in much shorter than normal bloom on the TB
Irises.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida. [White African Irises blooming nicely.]
