Re: RE: What is rebloom, revisited
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] RE: What is rebloom, revisited
- From: G* S*
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 15:50:26 -0700
John Reeds wrote:
>
> I understand the definition, but "once...and again" is subjective. Two
> stalks that open one day apart? Two weeks apart? If is a judgement call
> and not a specifically defined interval, about 2 months seems like rebloom
> to me and not just a long blooming period. But what about 3 months of
> continuous bloom?
Very subjective. My three-year-old bed of Mesmerizer (I planted 25
rhizomes) started blooming in December one year, January the other two
years. It has been in continuous bloom since January 24 this year, with
14 blooms currently open and one stalk that has not started bloom yet.
The previous two years there was a brief gap between the first stalk or
two and the rest. The blooms are gone by some time in June. There were
about 40 stalks total this year--I think the bed is over-crowded.
Anyhow, I usually think of this as a long bloom period, rather than
rebloom. (But I'm not consistent.)
One thing Mesmerizer can do is send up a secondary stalk (no branching,
two double-socketed bud positions) a month or more before the main
stalk. If there are several of these stalks in bloom, the overall effect
is quite pleasing. This year I did not see that.
Gerry, getting ready for MD and PA
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g*@mediaone.net
Gerry Snyder, AIS Symposium Chair, Region 15 RVP
Member San Fernando Valley, Southern California Iris Societies
in warm, winterless Los Angeles--USDA 9b-ish, Sunset 18-19
my work: helping generate data for: http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/
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