TB:REB

The past  12 months have been a real trial in my part of the world, starting 
with the  Oct freeze last year in mid October.  
There were 2 seedlings from the 2005 cross that bloomed in mid-late  June.  
Nothing more until ECHO LOCATION in August.  Now, I have a  stalk of RETURNING 
CHAMELEON in full bloom with at least 3 open  blooms.  Short stalk. There are 
four mature rhizomes in this clump and  it looks like most will bloom if not 
cut down by a freeze. 
 
We are currently approximately 15 inches behind in rainfall.  I'm 15  miles 
from the location that is measured and summer rain varies.  Creek is  very low. 
 The day time high reached 80 on May 20th and did not drop below  80 until 
Sept. 10th.  Nearly 4 four month of above 80 degrees with many  temps of 102-106 
setting the new records for those days.  Today we are back  to 90+.   
 
My garden has no shade, and the new seedling beds and the 2005 seedling  beds 
are the only things that were watered on a regular basis. The two irises  
that did rebloom were accidental clumps, rhizomes tossed aside and lying on top  
of the ground, about three feet apart.  Both have a lot of shade.  RC  got dew 
drips from the roof of the car port.  I suspect there was a bit of  water 
from a hose joint (leak) from time to time.  Opps!  Keep  forgetting that one 
stalk of FEED BACK out by the seedling beds.   Water sloshed over!  
 
Night temperature are now much cooler.  Waiting to see if anything  else 
sends up stalks.  

 
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Betty W.  in South-central KY Zone 6 ---If you don't cross them, you can't 
plant them!  
Bridge In Time Iris Garden@website:
Some seedlings planted and some still  in the pots! 
_www.thegardensite.com/irises/bridgeintime/_ 
(http://www.thegardensite.com/irises/bridgeintime/) 
_Reblooming Iris - Home Page_ (http://www.rebloomingiris.com/)  
_iris-photos archives_ (http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/)  
_iris-talk archives_ (http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/)  
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