Re: REF: program suggestions

Laurie, SDB Forever Blue is a reliable rebloomer here, sometimes reblooming in both July and Sept. SDB Autumn Jester also usually reblooms in Sept, altho it took this year off. Probably needs to be moved, since it's been in that spot since 2001. SDB Blueberry Tart has rebloomed in Sept for the last 2 years.
This year, SDB Wizard of Hope rebloomed here for the first time, as did MDB Velvet Toy. We did have an extra long fall before frost hit. All my rebloomers are Chuck Chapman intros, aside from Velvet Toy. 

El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Z3
----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurie Frazer" <lauriefr@localnet.com> 
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] REF: program suggestions



On Nov 23, 2007, at 8:52 AM, J. Griffin Crump wrote:


What about rebloomers?  In your experience, are there enough that
succeed in your climate to warrant recommending them to
non-specialists?


Thank you for responding, Griff.

Unfortunately, no.  I've grown hundreds of rebloomers, including many
"cold-climate" rebloomers, but in the past 12 yrs, I've only had six
rebloom (What Again, Low Ho Silver, Faux Pas, Champagne Elegance, Sugar
Blues, Lilting).  Of those six, only one has rebloomed more than once
(two separate years - that was Lilting), and two died shortly after the
one time they did rebloom (Faux Pas and Champagne Elegance).

I have mentioned rebloomers in my "Irises 101" talks, but I have spoken
of them primarily in terms of potential future developments in irises,
not as something currently widely available to us here in northern MN.

Laurie


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