Re: Bloomstalks on seedlings

Hi,

Boy, oh boy do I envy you...we have snow and I am just dreaming of the 
day I see buds!  You must have a fairly long season, but don't you get 
the summer dormancy earlier than say a more northerly zone?

	Since I grow MDBs, SDBs, IBs, BBs, TBs, pure arils, arilbreds,
	arilbred medians and a few species, I do have a long season.  It
	usually starts in March and runs through May.  However, depending
	on the weather, it can start as early as February (it did last
	year) and run as late as early June (it did the year before).
	Part of this is because I have so many microclimates around my
	house -- there is a hot (southern) spot near a wall that gets a
	lot of sun, a cold (nothern) spot that gets very little sun and
	the majority of the irises are planted on a warm (western) spot
	that gets a moderate amount of sun.  (All this is according to
	New Mexico standards.)

	I do eventually plan on putting in some SIBs, LAs and SPs.  The
	LAs and SIBs will require an acid bed (our soil is quite alkaline).
	LAs do well here, but SIBs are a bit more tricky.  Putting in these
	kinds of iris should extend my season well into June.

	Anyway, to answer your question about dormancy, my irises usually
	are in dormancy by mid (or late) June.  Since I can visit northern
	places and still see irises blooming in June, my iris do go into
	dormancy earlier.  Sometimes, I can plant as late as October, but
	I prefer to plant in early August, since the plant has more time to
	establish its root system.

	Suzanne Sluizer
	sluizer@cs.unm.edu
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