At 06:34 PM 8/30/2004, you wrote: >Hi, > >I have a wonderful bearded Iris called 'Victoria Falls'. It think it was >introduced 25-30 years ago. I grew it before in Alabama, and enjoyed it >because >of the color, the rebloom, and the ease of care. It took care of >itself--never >seeming to need water and only a top dressing with aged manure once or twice >a year. > >Here in Conroe, zone 9a, it has been in the ground for about 2 years in full >sun, in good-draining not-too-rich soil. It hardly blooms and does not >rebloom. It grows well, and seems happy enough, except for July and >August when it >seems to sulk (I suspect it is heat). > >So, what can I do to make this plant do better? I have a few other >reblooming bearded Iris hybrids, and they almost never bloom. They grow >OK, but don't >bloom. Do they need a colder winter? The past 2 years temperatures have >only >dropped to 25 F. Where are you? Bearded irises perform extremely poorly in the DEEP hot/humid south. Dennis in Cincy