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2A Daily News – Thursday, August 23, 2012 Community people&events Byrne-Gillett to wed Bearded Iris flowers in fall By LORNA BONHAM When summer temperatures decline, and the foliage begins to take on the autumn colors, chrysan- themum and aster flowers are expected but not the erect, six lobed, bearded iris flower. Yes, it is possible to have bearded iris bloom- ing in October or November. Obviously, these are not ordinary bearded iris. They are commonly called "Rebloomers". They bloom in the spring along with all the other iris and seem no different to the average gardener. duce flowers irregularly throughout the season. two problems. First, most retailers do not distinguish the type and just call them all rebloomers. Courtesy photo Mr and Mrs James E. Byrne announce the engagement of Stacy R. Byrne to Frederick W. Gillett, son of Martha P. Gillett and the late Charles E. Gillett of Cottonwood. Stacy attended Red Bluff schools and Butte College, Chico, and is employed by Jack the Ribber. Fred attended Cottonwood schools and West Valley High School, and is employed by Swift Transportation Company. A Sept. 16 wedding is planned. The couple will reside in Red Bluff. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight A recent brief about the Tehama County Democ- ratic Central Committee failed to mention the elec- tion of Susan Price of Corning as secretary of the committee. Price has been associated with the com- mittee for almost 25 years, has served as an alternate member and was recently appointed to member- ship. The Daily News regrets the error. –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. 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Big Hats Not An Indication Of Riders George Wahl and Zim Dyer returned last night from a two days trip around the Sacramento Valley Loop in the interest of the coming Tehama County Fair and Rodeo that opens on Septem- ber 11. — Aug. 23, 1922 Garry Prosperi, compliance officer at Cornerstone Community Bank, right, volunteers to flip hot dogs at the annual Back to School Project's Cuts for Kids event while Cornerstone Community Bank employee, Joy Patrick with young helper Lacey, prepares the hotdogs for the crowds.The bank served up 450 free hot dogs for the children and their families while 244 children received free haircuts at the 2012 event held on Aug. 12. Young Marines help at Ice Cream Social event `Courtesy photo Young Marines GySgt Giancarlo Nandino with high school student Bridgette Carlson during the Kelly-Griggs House Museum's Ice Cream Social Sunday. Young Marines Nandino, Owen Burden, Gabriel Hernandez, Vance Crane, Tim Sain and Jasmine Farias helped with the set up, provided Color Guard, served ice cream and escorted young ladies in costume. Fork to Fig planned in Corning Slow Food Shasta Cascade is planning Fork to Fig 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9 at Maywood Farms, 3650 Mt. Shasta Ave. in Corning. Directions are available on brownpapertickets.com for a fun and tasty day on the farm that will include free and low cost activities — free farm tours, a fig-inspired brunch featuring dishes prepared by Farwood Bar & Grill, local vendors sampling and selling and a fig dish tasting contest. A no host bar featuring local beer and Dakaro Cel- lars wines will be included. Farm tours start at 9:30 a.m. and will be conducted throughout the event. Tickets for the Fig Dish Tasting and Contest are $5, The reblooming iris, after the spring bloom, multiply in what seems to be a frenzy of growth. By late summer or fall they are ready to create flowers again. Where the growing season is long enough, reblooming iris may bloom two, three or possibly even four times. While "rebloomer" is the com- mon name, there are actually sever- al types that produce multiple blooms according to the Rebloom- ing Iris Society. two or more flushes of bloom each year. The "Remontant" type produces Another type, called "cycle rebloomers," produce a spring crop of flowers, then lie low during the summer and grow and flower again in the fall. This classification system has The second problem is, there is no guarantee that any particular variety in any given setting will behave in any certain way. Know- ing this, an iris labeled a rebloomer by a reliable supplier will, more than likely, provide you with more bang for your buck in iris blooms. The reblooming iris is tempera- ture sensitive and will be more reli- able in USDA climate zones warmer than zones three and four. In general the reblooming cycle is set so off by cooler weather so if there is tropical weather all year, a second bloom may also not devel- op. "Repeaters" produce new flow- ers soon after the first spring flush dies back, extending the spring sea- son by one or two months. The "all season rebloomers" pro- In addition some varieties may not start reblooming for a couple of years, so patience may be needed. Over the past five to seven years hundreds of bearded rebloomers in all size categories have been regis- tered with the American Iris Soce- ty. If you decide to buy a rebloom- ing iris there are a few growing tips. Since they are doing more work, they need a little more atten- tion than other iris. A low-nitrogen fertilizer (one with numbers 5-10- 20) is recommended. Don't allow the fertilizer to remain on exposed rhizomes, as you would do with all iris, to prevent burning, Listed are a few reliable reblooming iris for USDA Plant zones 8 & 9 which is what the val- ley areas of Tehama County are; Autumn Rain, Immortality, Sugar Maple, Little Surprise, Olympic Return, Feed Back. 'Sutton's Iris Garden,' that pro- vides the names, evaluation and reliability in various zones of reblooming iris. They are located in Porterville, California. Expand your horizons and give Also there is a great website, Rebloomer or two a try. Tickets are now available for the clubs Oct. 27 Floral Design Pro- gram & Luncheon. Tickets are available at the House of Design, 909 Jefferson St. The next meeting is at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28, the program on 'Native Plants" will be by Randy Baker from the Discovery Center. For more infor- mation, see our web page at red- bluffgardenclub.net or call Pam Ness at 527-2226. a The Red Bluff Garden Club is affiliated with National Garden Clubs Inc., California Garden Clubs Inc., Pacific Region and Cascade District. Bank employees lend a hand at Cuts for Kids event available at door. Judge the best tasting fig dish pre- pared by local chefs. Free for Slow Food members who have pre-registered. Brunch tickets are available at http://www.brownpa- the farm. Brunch attendees get to take home some figs from pertickets.com/event/265440. Cost is $20 until Aug. 31, $30 Sept. 1-6 and $35 at door. Brunch served 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.