Re: RE-Bloom
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] RE-Bloom
- From: b* &* s*
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 13:33:37 -0500
Betty
Rob in Zone 7, North Carolina. To get rebloomers in your seedlings do both iris have to be rebloomers themselves. I had a pink Iris bloom this year which had one parent be a rebloomer. Hasn't rebloomed but it may next year. Its a really pretty shade of pink, so I will keep it regardless but was wondering about the above. Sorry I don't have names of Iris. I was told they were named varieties and that the one was a rebloomer which had the pod.....I can't wait to see something bloom each Spring that is new....
Glad to here about Afternoon Delight. Was waiting to see if any body had it and if it would rebloom in Zone 7. Sure a pretty Iris....Rob
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From: storylade@aol.com
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] RE-Bloom
Rosalie, my name is Betty Wilkerson and I'm zone 6, which is acting more like
9 or 10 for the moment. Please note AFTERNOON DELIGHT is "trying" to rebloom
here (South Central Kentucky, USA) and by most accounts would only be counted
if it actually opens a (1) bloom.
By those standards, I know the seedlings I bragged on last evening do not
count as rebloomers, either. However, as a person with a little rebloom
experience in this region, I project that rebloom will improve as I have more
and more rhizomes from these seedlings. Without doubt, at least in my mind,
others will also follow suit. After all, that is the central theme of my
program.
Most people wouldn't understand the enthusiasm I feel over a plant I've never
seen bloom, and I understand their position. These could turn out to be
really ugly (like my yellow & purple reblooming cross), but most contain
something worth carrying on another generation, including Mr. UGLY. If
nothing else, there is the sheer fact of rebloom gene transfer to another
generation. Thus we have seedlings used (and noted in the R & I ) that were
not deemed worthy of introduction.
Forty-one pots are filled, watered, and waiting for the 2001 seed crop,
mostly from reblooming seedlings.
Betty from BG KY USA Zone 6 (or is it 7?)
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