Re: Rebloom
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- Subject: Re: Rebloom
- From: W* J* <w*@concentric.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 08:28:13 -0700 (MST)
JForte21@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
> Sharon wrote:
> <Triploids do sometimes produce a seed or two, but if
> your plant is fully fertile it, too, might be mislabeled>
>
> You may be right, Sharon; this is one of the irises I've been meaning to send
> to Phil Edinger for about two years now. However, if it isn't Crimson King,
> it's something even better that blooms all the time in my climate and is
> fertile. A lot of people would call it doggy, but I have to love this deep
> purple iris with a white beard that blooms all year except for about two
> weeks.
> About it's being an airpod, is there any way to check that now while it's
> still green?
>
> And Rick wrote:
> <Lets consider us lucky that they [the cucumber beetles] aren't around in the
> spring.>
> Okay Rick, I'm moving to Cathey's Valley. Your cucumber beetles must be
> hanging out in Atascadero during the spring, because they always eat all my
> bean flowers and I never get any beans! Or maybe I need to plant
> fall-blooming beans to keep them away from the irises... They don't eat my
> irises in the spring.
>
> And Mark, thanks for the advice about sevin. Like you, I don't like to use
> poison controls. I have little kids that still pick flowers and put them in
> their mouths. Maybe I should dress them up as cucumber beetles next
> Halloween...
>
> Mary Forte in Atascadero, CA: Zone 9, but can't grow citrus or avocados.
> Neighbor of Dave Soper and Kathy Peterson from iris-l. And isn't it great
> to see Dr. Zurbrigg posting again?
Mary,
Could your iris be Black Magic, Wayman '35, an IB that blooms like that
in New Mexico. Almost an everbloomer there. It is dark purple with a
white beard.
Leslie,in Omaha
