Re: Rebloom or not in zone 5 ??
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- Subject: Re: Rebloom or not in zone 5 ??
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- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:45:33 -0700 (MST)
Lowell Baumunk writes (14 Mar 97) in reply to the question:
> << Has anyone been able to grow and enjoy rebloomers in Zone 5 climate?
>>
>
> I have had <some> success with rebloomers in zone 5. Of course Colorado
zone
> 5 is a quite different proposition from East Coast zone 5. We have a
shorter
> season with more sunshine and less humidity.
>
> Interestingly the rebloomers that do best here are not the ones that get
most
> mention elsewhere. Many Colorado irisarians would list CHAMPAGNE
ELEGANCE as
> the best reblooming tb, although in my experience it is outpreformed by
the
> beautiful TOTAL RECALL, which has been almost an everbloomer in our
garden.
> Generally, though, there is no doubt that growing for rebloom is more
> difficult here than in places with longer growing seasons. Most
advertised
> rebloomers simply don't.
Darlene Pinegar of Spanish Fork in central Utah (Zone 5), whose catalog
just arrived here today, lists the following TBs as ones that rebloom for
her and/or others in her area:
Autumn Circus, Autumn Tryst, Best Bet, Cantina, Champagne Elegance,
Clarence, Coral Chalice, Dime Spot, Double Scoop, Elainealope, Eternal
Bliss, Gold Reprise, Handpainted, Immortality, Jennifer Rebecca, Juicy
Fruit, Jungle Cat, Matrix, Northward Ho, Orange Harvest, Pink Attraction,
Red Revival, Reincarnation (SA),
Re-Treat, Rotunda, Speed Limit, Sugar Blues, and Then Again.
Of the four iris listed above that I grow, only Immortality has rebloomed
here.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (Zone 4)
cwalters@cache.net
