REB: Reportable rebloom

>I was 
>glad to hear about ZIGGY - and also that you think it came from its home 
>port!  I wish others would add that to their report.

Rosalie,

I would like to stress the above, especially since you are collecting 
data for the newest edition of the official RIS Checklist.  My 
understanding is that rebloom is only "legitimate" when it occurs in a 
plant that has already provided bloom earlier in the season *in the same 
garden*.  When a plant is purchased and planted into a new garden during 
the summer and blooms later that same growing season, that late bloom is 
not considered rebloom and should not be reported as such.  If, however, 
that same cultivar blooms the following year in both spring *and* later 
in the season *in the same garden*, that would be legitimate rebloom.  
The only way for the RIS Checklist to accurately report rebloom on listed 
cultivars is for the folks who provide these reports to understand the 
definition of reportable rebloom.

I know this has been clarified before, but for the sake of any newbies 
who may not be aware of the ins and outs of rebloom, I figured it might 
be helpful to offer this explanation.

Laurie


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USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
acidic clay soil

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