Re: rebloom in z 8b?

> ANDY, YOU SHOULD GET SOME REBLOOM THIS FALL IN LATE SEPTEMBER OR 
> EARLY OCTOBER ACCORDING TO THE VARIETIES YOU HAVE.  AUSTIN SHOULD GET 
> GOOD REBLOOM, BUT FROM SAN ANTONIO SOUTH,  THERE IS NOT MUCH, 
> ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST.  I HAVE SEVERAL AT MY BROTHER'S IN CORPUS 
> CHRISTI AND HE GETS UNPREDICTABLE BLOOM YEAR ROUND.  CHARLIE BROWN

Hello, Charlie!  You are "shouting" in Internet terms... using all
caps.  And I am Amy, not Andy!

I will look for rebloom as you say.  I am originally from Corpus
Christi.  I didn't think bearded iris were recommended at all for
there, zone 9a/b, so it's interesting that you say bloom is sporadic.
Here in zone 8b we try to have the best of both worlds... I grow all
the tropicals I grew up with, as well as many things that *barely*
get enough chilling for this area but wouldn't do at all in Corpus
Christi.  Our soil here is much more alkaline than Corpus Christi's;
bearded thus do better here, but I bet Louisiana iris are excellent
in Corpus.

-- 
Amy Moseley Rupp
amyr@mpd.tandem.com, Austin, TX, zone 8b
Jill O. *Trades
Mistress O. {}
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index