Re: SIB: dividing?

	Chris writes in reply to Jeff:

>Also interesting is the
>fact that you did not get any bloom off of a 2nd year planting especially
>with an
>initial springtime planting... I would think that normally one could
>expect some
>decent bloom in that year as the plant would be quite well established.

	I have found in the extreme colder climates (like Jeff's and mine),
	that the vigor and size of the division planted is the determining
	factor as well as the individual cultivar. 'Snow Queen', of which
	Jeff writes, is described in the Siberian checklist as being collected
	in Japan in 1900 by Peter Barr and "re White form of I. sanguinea".
	Being a species iris, it might take more time to establish itself.
	Just guessing since I don't have it. :-(

	Cheers,

	Ellen (snow flurries all day yesterday and about 12" of snow cover)


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Ellen Gallagher  / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
Siberian iris robin   /   sibrob@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / USDA Zone 3
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