CULT: Bloomout and Borers
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- Subject: CULT: Bloomout and Borers
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 08:17:54 -0700
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
Cheryl Oke writes:
> Is it not "common" for iris to bloom out then put on a show a
> year or so later? That's exactly what happened to my One Desire.
> Thought I had lost it when it didn't show at all last year, then this
year
> there it was and even more beautiful than ever. In fact, several of the
> iris that didn't bloom in 1997 outdid themselves this year.
Cheryl,
The term "bloomout" refers to a condition in which a bloomstalk is produced
by every fan in an iris clump, but at the same time there is no "increase"
(new, young fans that have not yet bloomed) put forth from the same clump.
Since each fan only blooms once (with some possible very rare exceptions),
this clump of iris is incapable of further bloom - it has "bloomed out".
Often a clump of iris with fans that have not bloomed will go into a sulk
and skip a bloom season without producing any stalks; this is not bloomout,
just orneriness or a sign of unhappiness with its conditions in life - too
crowded, too shaded, etc.
You have also expressed a concern about potential problems with iris
borers. I believe you are located in rhe Pacific Northwest, in which case
it is Ivory Soap certain that there is not a borer within 1000 miles of
you. Borers are basically confined to the Northeast and Midwest and are not
found west of the Rocky Mountains or in the Deep South.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
Borer free for Eternity!
cwalters@digitalpla.net
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