Re: Median: Serenity Prayer: Rebloom
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- Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:48:08 -0700
From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
Hi Maureen,
We have alot of seedlings that are continuos bloomers. If a strong fall
rebloomer is crossed with what we call an early and frequent rebloomer about
25% to 30% produce continuos bloomers.
Yes we are working on medians, one we introduced a couple of years ago was
called DOUBLE BYTE. Not my favorite flower (not even close) but it is a
continuos bloomer until frost here. FOREVER BLUE hasn't stopped blooming
for us since March. I used it a bit with some wide reblooming blue SDBs we
have and with a couple of wide TBs like YAQUINA BLUE and BLUE SUEDE SHOES.
Hopefully something will come out of these.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark, Maureen <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
To: 'iris-talk@onelist.com' <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Median: Serenity Prayer: Rebloom
>From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
>
>Hi Mike & Perry,
>
>We were talking to Chuck Chapman about rebloom and continuous bloomers.
His
>theory is that there are two separate genetic traits. The classic one is a
>gene that will allow rebloom in the fall. This is triggered by a number of
>factors including water, fertilizer and who knows what else. The other
>trait is the ability to bloom again once the rhizome reaches a certain
size.
>He has noted that a number of seedlings and cultivars that exhibit
>exceptional vigor will "repeat" bloom a few times each season. He noted
>that FOREVER BLUE belongs to this class. However, he has found that these
>need to be divided more often -- every year or two.
>
>It should follow that crossing irises with these two different traits could
>result in a small number of them being continuous bloomers. We'll probably
>see the results of Chuck's attempts in a year or two.
>
>Mike, what proportion of your crosses produce continuous bloomers? Are
you
>working on medians too?
>
>Maureen Mark
>m*@ottawa.com
>Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
>
>
>
>> From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
>>
>> Hi Perry,
>> I have found that the flowers that bloom the following couple of months
>> after bloom
>> season are great parents when crossed with fall rebloomers. These
crosses
>> have led to continual bloomers for us. GOLDEN IMMORTAL is a continual
>> bloomer for us and it came out of one of these types of crosses.
>> My $.02 worth.
>> Mike
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Perry Dyer <pdyer@flash.net>
>> To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
>> Date: Saturday, May 22, 1999 4:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Median: Serenity Prayer: Rebloom
>>
>>
>> >From: "Perry Dyer" <pdyer@flash.net>
>> >
>> >Glad to hear someone else uses the term "repeater". I think it
>> >distinguishes between true rebloom and "last-minute whim" (repeat bloom
>> at
>> >the tail end of a season). Nonetheless, if something will repeat, maybe
>> >there's the potential for true rebloom.
>> >
>> >Perry Dyer
>> >Blanchard, OK
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>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!
>> >
>> >
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