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I think the big problem with
reblooming is the fact that it
is quite unpredictable. I do not
know of an Iris that will bloom
as much as a Hemerocallis Stella
d’Oro. Stella was registered in
1975 by Jablonski and it has
transformed the daylily and
perennial industry. The real
daylily connaisseurs pull up
their noses when you talk about
Stella D’Oro but they make up
to 15% of the sale of daylilies
and that involves a lot of money.
If we could come up with
reblooming Irises that would
rebloom as much as Stella
d’Oro, it would be an incredible
boost to Iris growers. If you look Rebloomer: Fall Rerun (Hager 2001) vigorous
around, not too many perennials grower, smooth blue violet with good rebloom.
bloom as long as Stella. In our
garden here in Brantford, our longest bloomers are Corydalis lutea that blooms from
May to November, Coreopsis Zagreb or Moonbeam blooming from June to October,
Indian Summer Rudbeckia blooming from July to November and the Geranium Rozanne
blooming from June until late October. It would be nice if we could come up with an Iris
that would have a reliable blooming period of several months.
Books used for this article:
The Iris Book
Molly Price D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. 1966
The Gardener’s Guide to Growing Irises
Geoff Stebbings Timber Press 2001

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Canadian Iris Society Newsletter 19