{"id":2116,"date":"2012-04-06T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2012-03-19T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T17:58:43","slug":"2116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/04\/06\/2116\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-blooming Iris For Twice (and More) Flowering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2117\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Iris-germanica-SugarBlues.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2117\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2117 \" title=\"Iris germanica 'SugarBlues'\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Iris-germanica-SugarBlues-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Iris-germanica-SugarBlues-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Iris-germanica-SugarBlues-685x1024.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Re-bloomer Iris germanica &#39;Sugar Blues&#39;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gardeners who desire more flowering from garden iris (<em>Iris spp.<\/em>) should be planting re-blooming types. Some cultivars may re-bloom up to three times in one growing season. The re-blooming trait is found both in bearded and beardless irises (<em>I. germanica<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Re-bloomers need to be well established for one year, sometimes two, to bloom multi-seasonly. Some re-bloomers are sporadic, and a short list of dependable varieties is included below.<\/p>\n<p>Information on growing tall bearded iris is found in an earlier blog (April 1, 2012). Re-bloomers multiply faster than one-time bloomers, and need to be divided every two to three years to avoid overcrowding. Some cultivars need to be well established before they re-bloom; lift and divide only part of the clump and leave the remaining portion undisturbed to re-bloom. Also, clipping off the foliage too early in late summer reduces re-bloom potential.<\/p>\n<p>Re-bloomers are heavy feeders and benefit from two feedings, once\u00a0in the spring, nearing the end of the regular flowering period, and a second time in mid- August, the start of the 2nd or 3 rd re-blooming period. Fertilize with a low nitrogen analysis, such as 5-10-5. Re-blooming cultivars need frequent irrigation during dry summer periods compared to standard irises.<\/p>\n<p>A baker\u2019s dozen cultivars include: Best Bet, Bountiful Harvest, Clarence, Hemstiched, Immortality, Jennifer Rebecca, Mother Earth, Pagan Goddess, Pagan Dance, Autumn Tryst, Champagne Elegance, Orange Harvest, Rosalie Figge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gardeners who desire more flowering from garden iris (Iris spp.) should be planting re-blooming types. Some cultivars may re-bloom up to three times in one growing season. The re-blooming trait is found both in bearded and beardless irises (I. germanica). Re-bloomers need to be well established for one year, sometimes two, to bloom multi-seasonly. Some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[707,605,665,782,811,812,601,630,705,706,283],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3081,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions\/3081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}