Re: color change
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] color change
- From: I*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 13:44:22 EDT
From: Irisborer@aol.com
In a message dated 5/16/1999 1:40:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
klmurray@hotmail.com writes:
<< what the plural of iris is-- last year and they came up yellow this year.
What in the world has happened? Can anyone help? >>
Sure.... you have irises! (<--- the plural of "iris")
In other words, there is more than one iris planted in your garden and they
have bloomed alternately.
Irises grow from a rhizome, or type of bulb, so they don't revert and they
don't respond dramatically to soil changes. The only explanation is that you
have a light blue iris that bloomed last year (and is making increases in
preparation for the next bloom... maybe next year) and a yellow iris. Since
an iris will not bloom again on the same rhizome, it sometimes takes a year
to build up momentum to bloom again.
Hope this makes sense to you.
Kathy Guest
in East Aurora, NY
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