Re: HYB: Seasons, VE, E, Etc.

-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~>
Need a credit card?
Instant Approval and 0% intro APR with Aria!
http://click.egroups.com/1/7101/0/_/486170/_/969120714/
---------------------------------------------------------------------_->


> 
> << Irises listed as VE or E for their bloom season are not for this 
>  climate. >>
> 
> Walter, doesn't this severly restrict a rebloom program?
> 
> Betty / Got rain, but still down over 7 inches for the year, in the
> lovely Bowling Green KY USA  zone 6

	How?

     I have dabbled with rebloomers since the '60's and have not 
noted any restrictions.  Those VE or E varieties rarely bloom here, 
and I wouldn't want to use them anyway because of their 
tenderness.  Neither do I save pollen from them.

	It is also true that some registered as VE or E are not early in 
other climates.  Conversely, some M's and ML's are EM for me.  

	Last spring when I doubted that I had the true SWING AND 
SWAY, it definitely was VE here, but not registered thusly.  It had 
been around here for three or four years before it bloomed the first 
time this past spring.  We had no winter and no late cold snaps, so 
it was allowed to express itself.  As I recall with S & S, of those 
who reported on it, they said it was VE or E for them, also.  S & S 
is registered M by Virginia Messick.

	Lately, I have been giving MATRIX  a workout in the quest for 
better formed rebloomers.  I got UNCHAINED MELODY for this 
purpose, too.  They both bloom midseason to late midseason for 
me.  MATRIX is registered M, and that is correct.

	I have used EARL OF ESSEX over and over again for plic 
rebloomers.  It is registered as E, but is M or ML here.

	BEST BET is registered as E, and I was afraid of buying it 
when it first came out.  It has proved to be EM or M here.  It does 
take years for it to settle down and not bloom out.  It has shown no 
bloom-out trends in the last three or four years.  It does not give 
bloom-out genes to what I have crossed it with.

	I guess 'you gotta grow 'em to know 'em.'


	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index