Re: Median: Serenity Prayer: Rebloom

From: "S&C Rust" <srust@fidnet.com>

Perry, I have your Serenity Prayer (got it last fall) and you will find out
about its rebloom now!  It is not in my rebloom bed (I didn't know it could
rebloom) but it is near enough that it will now be treated as one.  By
planting the rebloomers in a mix that includes at least half sand and
watering and fertilizing continually, if it can rebloom, it will.  I can get
some rebloomers that usually only rebloom in California to rebloom for me
using this method, plus light afternoon shade.  This is exactly what
Serenity Prayer has, so I will report on its performance to this list!  I
simply don't worry about rot.  Every once in a while, a rebloomer thus
treated will evidence some rot.  I then clean it up, dump straight bleach on
it and move it.  Next year it gets the same treatment and no problems.  This
is very aggressive culture, recommended years ago by Monty Byers, but it
works for us.  Much to my happiness, we got Holy Night to rebloom for us
last year with these methods.  It was beautiful; a nice clump of it, not one
stray stalk.  I personally call a variety that reblooms a month out of its
ordinary bloom a repeater, but if it blooms twice at well spaced times from
its ordinary bloom season, that is a real rebloomer to me.

Cindy Rust, Missouri, Zone 5b, Rebloomer Heaven!


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