Re: AB: Increases

>Jeff Walters wrote:
>
>>  Yes, it is. Arilbreds tend to increase much faster than TB's, so much =
>so
>>  that they need to be dug and divided frequently to maintain their vigo=
>r,
>or
>>  you will find them declining as fast as they increased. Sharon
>McAllister
>>  has written to the list that she has to divide and replant every year.=
> I
>>  can get by with replanting every other year, but if I wait longer the
>>  effects can be dire.
>
>Just to clarify -- I was referring to the
>older types with onco-like growth habits
>when I wrote of annual transplanting.  That's
>the rule I learned from the experts when I
>started growing that type over 20 years ago,
>and I've found it to be good advice.  [Both
>ONLOOKER and ZEZURA succumbed =
>
>when left in place past the first year -- which
>is typical for that type.]
>
>This does not apply to the 1/4-breds, which
>respond well to the same treatment given to
>TBs.
>
>The newer 1/2-breds are also a different story.  =
>
>The ones that put out horizontal rather than
>vertical increase are normally left in place two =
>
>or three years.  They don't choke themselves to
>death, so they only have to be dug before they =
>
>encroach on their neighbor's territory.  =
>
>
>There are more gardenable cultivars even
>among the 3/4-breds.  For example, I have a =
>
>test bed of tetraploid 3/4-breds, planted in the
>fall of 1992, which is still thriving -- and last =
>
>year's bloom was comparable to that in a =
>
>first-year planting of some of the same cultivars. =
>
>
>In short, annual transplanting produces the
>highest quality rhizomes for sale -- but it
>isn't always necessary in the home garden. =
>
>
>Sharon McAllister
>73372.1745@compuserve.com
 Dear Sharon: Tried to find pollen to send today, but no luck. Lots of I
BLESS in bloom, but perhaps it never makes pollen. Wanted terribly to send
pollen of a new wide LB dwarf with DB beards. I germanica (bitoned purple,
white beards,) has been in bloom for ten days at Durham Academy!   Lloyd Z.
in Durham. NC
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