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NEW TO REBLOOMING IRIS???

Read on!, Let us tell you about these wonderful iris. In the past most iris bloomed just once in the spring. Now many hybridizers are working on iris that bloom multiple times through out the year. Most of the rebloomers for us bloom normally in the spring and then again in the summer or fall. Some even bloom three times for us. The "everbloomers" tend to bloom constantly, until frost, if the growing conditions suit them. These iris keep growing and blooming because they do not go into a summer dormancy like the once blooming iris. Therefore, they like to have regular watering and fertilizer. To help you know if an iris is likely to rebloom for you in your garden, we have coded them in the margin of the catalog. ** means that rebloom is very dependable here every year. * means that we get occasional rebloom, it may skip some years here or that it is new to our garden and we have not had sufficient time to test it out. Many iris will rebloom in warm winter climates but not here in Virginia in our garden. We have tried to make note of this for you--should you be fortunate enough to live in such a climate. Our garden here is Zone 6B the warm side of Zone 6 (0 to -10 degrees). Personally, we don't consider this very warm. If you are new to reblooming iris or live in the same growing Zone or colder we suggest you select the ** iris to help insure rebloom in your garden.

We do enjoy receiving your cards, notes and e-mails letting us know how thrilled you are when the rebloomers rebloom for you in your garden. We share in your joy. Your feed back also lets us know what is blooming where so we know what to recommend to others gardening in the same zone as you.
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