Re: CULT: Bloom Time
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Bloom Time
- From: j*
- Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 23:42:04 -0400
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From: Jeff and Carolyn Walters <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
To: iris-talk@egroups.com <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Date: Sunday, May 07, 2000 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Bloom Time
>> From: Dana Brown <ddbro@llano.net>
. . . Is there a stigma attached to a Late blooming
>> iris?
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>Dana,
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>If there is a stigma against late blooming iris, I think it is a function
>of 1) climatic factors and 2) show, garden tour, and convention scheduling.
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>I tend to discount late blooming TBs because it seems that every year just
>before or about the time they begin to bloom the weather very abruptly
>turns much hotter. This means that the quality and duration of bloom is
>adversely affected and late bloomers do not provide as much garden value as
>those that bloom earlier.
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>Shows, garden tours, and conventions are scheduled with peak (midseason)
>bloom in mind. The chosen dates don't always coincide with what is aimed
>for, but to the extent that expectations are fulfilled it means that late
>bloomers get much less exposure to the majority of the iris viewing public
>than earlier bloomers and are therefore somewhat less likely to win awards
>or appear on popularity polls.
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>Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
>jcwalters@bridgernet.com
Right you are, Jeff, and that's why my late bloomers say -- (all together
now) --, "Hurrah for the Internet!"
Griff
jgcrump@erols.com in Virginia
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