Re: REB: Rebloom comments was....comments on MATRIX

>Walter A. Moores wrote:
>>
>> There was a question earlier about what triggers a reblooming
>> cultivar to rebloom, but I don't think we ever got an answer so I will
>>not repeat that question.
>>
>
>I believe I mentioned "increase maturity".
>
>> My question is why some rebloomers registered in OH, IN, and VA
>> are so late to rebloom for me, and I am several hundred miles south of
>> where these rebloomer originated.  If these cultivars waited this late in
>> the climates where they were bred, they never would have made it on the
>> market as rebloomers.
>
>
>Perhaps they are acclimating to your climate.
>
>
>> Examples are MATRIX, PINK ATTRACTION, EARL OF
>> ESSEX, HARVEST OF MEMORIES, and SUMMER OLYMPICS. On the other hand several
>> CA types started reblooming in July and have rebloomed non-stop since
>> then. Examples are BLATANT, CANTINA, and LOW HO SILVER.
>
>Matrix is also reblooming for me now, Pink Attraction and Earl of Essex
>usually reblooms in the summer,  Harvest of memories in the fall, Summer
>Olympics rarely rebloomed for me, Blatant blooms summer and fall,
>Cantina bloomed out on me and Low Ho Silver is an everbloomer here.
>
>>
>> Then there are those listed as rebloomers that have never bloomed
>> spring or fall in two years.  Among the newer ones in this class are
>> PRISCILLA OF CORINTH, DESTRY RIDES AGAIN, and FREQUENT FLYER.
>
>Priscilla of Corinth reblooms good in the fall.  Don't grow the others.
>
>>
>> In addition to the non-stop performers listed above, other
>> outstanding rebloomers this season have been NORTHWARD HO, SUNNY
>> DISPOSITION, and CLARENCE.  Notice, that these are VA bred, and DO
>> perform.
>
>Sunny Disposition blooms summer and fall and Clarence blooms in the
>summer.
>>
>> And, the last fact I want to bring out is that they are in the
>> same bed where they got the same treatment...extra water, extra food,
>> extra weeding, and extra 'talking-to'.
>>
>
>What are you saying to them Walter?
>
>
>Rick Tasco
>Superstition Iris Gardens
>Central California
>Zone 8
Dear Rick:  Please allow me to say "Thank You". I am delighted so many of
mine are doing well for you. Some of those that bloom summer and fall, like
CANTINA, do not rebloom for me at all, but they are a combination of my
EARL OF ESSEX and a western iris, Broadway, as I recall. I think those that
do not rebloom in the summer must have an estivation reaction to summer
heat, and wait until the temperature comes down before reblooming.  This
fall there's very little rebloom here. Almost everything that has rebloomed
is dervied from BABY BLESSED ! LO HO SILVER has done splendidly here on the
parts I reset a year ago. Mitch Jameson has an SDB that performed
splendidly all of October, - but it is very similar to BABY BLESSED, one of
its parents. I am waiting for WAVES OF GRAIN to open, and also a new
seedling from a plicata out of Northward Ho by Joan's Pleasure. Earl Hall
said a few nights ago that this has been their very worst year for rebloom,
so the problem is not just in Region 4 (here).  I get much less summer
rebloom here than I got in the mountains of Virginia. I blame it on the hot
summer nights.   Lloyd Zurbrigg Durham NC  No frost yet, but a cold weekend
may give it.
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