Re: IB: Vitality
From: Barb Johnson <bdjohnson@atlascomm.net>
"L.Zurbrigg" wrote:
> From: z88keys@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
>
> >From: Barb Johnson <bdjohnson@atlascomm.net>
> >
> >Hi, All. After my bloomseason was over (I thought!), along comes a
> >stalk of Vitality, with one blossom, on May 31, a month later than I
> >expected it! It was its maiden bloom. Would this be considered rebloom?
> >I don't have the Reblooming Checklist so don't know if this is a
> >rebloomer anywhere. Anyone? Thanks! Barb
> >--
> >Barb Johnson b*@atlascomm.net
> >Near Springfield, SW Missouri AIS, ISO, HIPS, RIS, MIS
> >USDA Zone 5b AIS Region 18 (KS & MO)
> Dear Barb: Not listed in RE Iris Check List that I can see. Can you tell us
> more about it? Lloyd Z. in Durham NC
Thanks, Janet and Lloyd! First, here's the description from my
Intermediate list:
VITALITY
Jayne Ritchie (WA) 1985 IB 24" M-L
Tailored intense orange yellow (RHS 14A); grayed orange-yellow beard.
Ritchie 1985. Spartan X 76-5-2: (Stockholm x Canary Isle)
Bev DeWitt (MO) says it's a best grower. Robert Jensen (ID) sez: "This
little IB has a different tone of brassy gold that I've not seen before.
It was interesting!" Got one from 7/96 sale. HM 1990 (26 votes).
Can get from: Croftway, Schreiners (w/pic) 1998. Woodland 1999.
I've had it for 3 years, planted in a 4 gallon pot with the rest of the
1996 acquisitions in 9/96. Know it needs to go into the ground;
hopefully we can do that this year. Being in pots didn't keep many from
blooming last year and this, though. Maybe the fact that it's an M-L
made it bloom later, but a whole month? Well, I was glad to see it,
anyway, have been looking forward to it for 3 years! (The rest of the
IBs, in the ground, did splendidly this year.) Thanks -- B.
--
Barb Johnson b*@atlascomm.net
Near Springfield, SW Missouri AIS, ISO, HIPS, RIS, MIS
USDA Zone 5b AIS Region 18 (KS & MO)
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