RE: What is rebloom, revisited
- Subject: RE: What is rebloom, revisited
- From: L*
- Date: Thu, 17 May 01 11:41:07 +0100
Hello All,
Last fall I queried about exactly what constitutes rebloom, and today I
have come up with a few more questions relative to the same topic. Please
allow me to submit the following scenario:
Two rhizomes of the same reblooming cultivar planted in different parts
of the garden in summer 1999. Spring 2000, rz #1 blooms but #2 does not.
Fall 2000, rz #2 blooms, but #1 does not. Both rzs increase well.
Questions:
1. Can this be counted as 2000 rebloom if the rz that bloomed in the
fall failed to bloom in the spring, even though it was the same cv
planted at the same time (and acquired at the same time from the same
source) as the other rz that DID bloom that same spring in that same
garden?
2. I know that each individual spring-blooming rz blooms only once
during its lifetime before turning its energy (hopefully) to growing
increases, but does the same hold true for individual reblooming rzs?
Does the *same* reblooming rz bloom more than once, or is it the
increases that provide the rebloom? If it is the increase (rather than
the original rz) that provides the rebloom, wouldn't that lend
credibility to the designation of the above scenario as legitimate
rebloom, regardless of the fact that the two rzs were planted in separate
parts of the same garden?
Still wondering ...
Laurie
zone 3b northern MN
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