Re: CULT: multiple bloomstalks and non-increasing i
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: multiple bloomstalks and non-increasing i
- From: l*
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 02 12:08:28 -0600
>Sometimes single rhizomes will produce more than just the terminal
>bloomstalk. The additional stalks form as "branches" from the rhizome and
>their fans of leaves initially look like increases. However, after
>blooming, these branches die, just like the terminal bloomstalk. The "real"
>increases are branches further back on the main rhizome, and it is they that
>will grow through the season and bloom the following year.
Thank you, Bill, for the explanation. I will keep an eye out for this
phenomenon this year, as I grow quite a few MDBs and medians along with
the TBs.
Laurie
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http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
zone 3b northern MN - clay soil
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