Re: CULT: rebloom? weather effects
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  • Subject: Re: CULT: rebloom? weather effects
  • From: C* C* <i*@aim.com>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:08:17 -0400
 Ok, enough of weather bragging.

We had a snow storm last week, one foot of snow, all schools cancelled.?
Overnight lows since then of -17C or about -1 F. Snow? still melting. Last
night not as cold, so perhaps spring will come. Usually have danfordea and
reticulata up about now

The TB's are likely from stalks that just started development before winter
set in. I can get this here, so? likely you would get it there. You can feel
sweling at bse of bud, or see pregnency hook on leaves in fall.? At this
stage, flower stalk will often over winter.

Chuck Chapman





---- Original Message ----
From: Linda Mann &lt;lmann@lock-net.com&gt;
To: iris@hort.net
Sent: Wed, Mar 30, 2011 7:08 am
Subject: [iris] CULT: rebloom? weather effects

   "Normally", whatever that means anymore, average last frost date here  has
been mid April, which means light frosts have happened even later.  Hard
freezes that have damaged early growth have often hit here in late  March.
Low 20's F.?
?
 This year, we haven't had any really hard freezes since Feb.  A few  light
frosts, barely freezing.  So irises haven't been set back at all  since they
started putting on spring growth.  They look fantastic for a  change here in
the 'vale'.?
?
 Most years, germanica blooms first, then the SDBs, then pallida and any
early TBs that have managed to escape being killed.?
?
 This year, the germanicas are well on their way to showing color, no  sign of
buds on the SDBs, but I'm starting to see stalks on a few TBs.?
?
 Two that have stalks up are either rebloomers or from rebloom breeding -
RENOWN, which normally blooms mid season, and 2nd season to bloom TEA  LEAVES
X GOLDEN PANTHER.?
?
 The winter was long and miserable because it stayed cold rather than the
more typical up and down, but it never got below 10oF.?
?
 So I'm wondering - are these stalks that "should" have bloomed last  fall?
I've never seen RENOWN try to bloom anywhere near this early.?
?
 Just wondering...?
?
 Linda Mann east TN USA zone 7ish?
?
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