Re: Re: REB: best rebloomers

Sutton's Iris Gardens has a chart of rebloom reliability. Of course this is for the iris that they sell.  It could shed some light on what else to try, like parents or decendents or what to use as parents in selecting for your own crosses.  Here is the link to the webpage.

https://www.suttoniris.com/html/rebloom.htm

Keep in mind that Linda is correct about what will work in your area.  What may rebloom in Zone 4 or 5 may not in Zone 3.  That would apply particularly to daylength dependent varieties.  The daylength may  be sufficiently shorter and sooner farther north but I'll bet the frost potential is even quicker and more dependable from Arctic blasts that are basically in your back yard and have trouble reaching farther south.

It might be better to stick with varieties that are late Spring or Summer bloomers that benefit form fetilizer and cultural conditions to bloom.

Paul Archer
Raleigh, NC Zone 8

-----Original Message-----
>From: Laurie Frazer <lauriefr@localnet.com>
>Sent: Nov 24, 2007 9:28 AM
>To: iris@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [iris] Re: REB: best rebloomers
>
>On Nov 24, 2007, at 7:51 AM, Linda Mann wrote:
>

>Linda, I don't know how to answer that because I don't know which cvs I 
>could reasonably expect to be able to rebloom in zone 3.  Not many, I'm 
>sure.
>
>I guess the best way to address this request is to have you take a look 
>at the list of irises on my photo index on my website 
>(http://lfrazer.com/iris/irislist.html).  That list, however, only 
>represents the irises I have managed to bloom here.  There are hundreds 
>more that I have grown that either died before they bloomed or that are 
>still extant but have not yet bloomed.  In any event, my photo list 
>will give you the names of many rebloomers that have not rebloomed for 
>me here (I listed the six that have rebloomed in a post yesterday).
>
>I'm really not interested in adding any more TBs to my collection at 
>this point.  Too many of them are just too weak and problematic here.  
>I would, however, appreciate recommendations for medians (exclusive of 
>BBs which generally fall into the same "weak" category here) and dwarfs 
>that may have the potential to rebloom in my climate.
>
>Laurie
>
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