Re: REB: Rebloom Questions...
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- Subject: Re: REB: Rebloom Questions...
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 16:59:12 -0700 (MST)
Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan wrote:
>
> Linda Mann wrote:
> >
> > Sorry to be so dense about this. Are you saying that your experience
> > has been that ALL rebloomers can rebloom at any time of year in your
> > climate? In our climate, unless they get 'confused' by weather,
> > rebloomers either 1) ONLY bloom in spring and/or fall (QUEEN DOROTHY,
> > GOLDEN ENCORE, HARVEST OF MEMORIES, BLACK MAGIC) or 2) some (like
> > IMMORTALITY and SUMMER OLYMPICS) can bloom anytime.
> >
> > Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
>
> I would have to go back a number of years to check my rebloom reports in
> order to give you a concise answer, and I do not have the time right
> now. Maybe a project for this winter. However, I do have quite a few
> (many) that bloom in the summer, fall and if the winter is
> mild...winter. In general most rebloomers seem to be able to bloom when
> the increase is mature. Maturity can be different for different
> cultivars. I have also had buds show deep in the fans and are halted by
> cold weather only to bloom during the first warm spell. Remember, here
> our lows in the winter sometimes are never below 28 degrees. Sometimes
> I may only have a dozen frosts per winter.
>
> Rick Tasco
> Superstition Iris Gardens
> Central California
> Zone 8
Linda -- The first year that I had QUEEN DOROTHY planted, it rebloomed 5
times, beginning in July and ending in November. That was a very wet
year. It has never repeated this spectacular performance, but it IS a
repeat bloomer in my garden (i.e., up to 3 times a year). IMMORTALITY,
for me, has rebloomed only in the fall. Weather? Location? Other?
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
jgcrump@erols.com
