Re: Re:CULT: Iris attrition (was database)

From: "Patrick Orr" <PatrickJOrr@hotmail.com>

Actually, if an iris doesn't die, increase, or bloom, isn't it considered a
bloomout rhizome?


----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff and Carolyn Walters <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
To: <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re:CULT: Iris attrition (was database)


> From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
>
> > From: hipsource@aol.com
> > << Jeff gave a very good reply; for that matter I shall use his
> categories
> > for the
> >  'Exit' field. >>
> >
> > He forgot one category: "Insolent"  translated as "the thing has been
> here
> > for X years and will neither die, nor increase, nor bloom."
>
> Anner,
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> Actually, I consider the stubborn refusal to bloom by an iris that
> persists, even if it does not flourish, to be a challenge to be overcome
> rather than a reason to attrit. Last year I won my longest running battle
> so far with a non-bloomer when the spuria, ARCHIE OWEN, that I acquired in
> 1988 finally gave in to persuasion and produced a bloomstalk. ARCHIE was a
> tough nut to crack, because my usual remedy for refusal to bloom is to
> relocate the culprit, but spurias in general resent disturbance and won't
> bloom until they have had a chance to settle in and become comfortable
with
> their surroundings. ARCHIE only got moved twice in those eleven years, and
> ultimately decided to bloom the second year after she was moved back to
the
> spot where I first planted her. Either she liked getting back to familiar
> surroundings, or an aggressive perennial sunflower (Helianthus
> maximilianii) nearby scared her into doing it while she still had the
> chance.
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah  (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
> jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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