It was IB Chatterbox, sold to me as SDB Pixie
Princess. I had Chatterbox growing in one of my nursery beds, in similar
conditions to my other sunny spots in the garden. I leave new iris in
the nursery beds til they've bloomed and I can confirm their id before moving
them out into the landscape.
I remember I was just lollygagging about, putting
off that neverending weeding task, when it struck my brain that I'd just seen
that iris blooming somewhere else. Normally, I'm quite aware of which iris
I want to compare to others, but this one in the nursery wasn't even on my
compare list.
Luckily, I had my trusty little garden fanny pack,
with my scissors, so I hopped up into the bed, nipped off a stalk and dashed to
the other side of the garden, and voila!
El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Z3
----- Original Message -----
From:
b*@hotmail.com
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 9:29
AM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] TB: I.
germanica
Cool! we need more thrills like that. Which one
was it?
Barb in SWMO where it has turned 'cold' here
too.
----- Original Message -----
From:
e*@mts.net
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 8:36
AM
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] TB: I.
germanica
Very nice clump, Linda. It almost looks
like one I've been trying to id here, but alas, my purchased I germanica
didn't survive long enough to bloom. I'll have to hunt it down again,
but I also have quite a few other historics I'm trying to id as
well.
Last year, I finally managed to id an iris I've
been growing for close to 20 years. What a thrill that
was!
El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Z3
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 7:16
PM
Subject: [iris-photos] TB: I.
germanica
> First iris I fell in love with as a child. Wish they would
all grow and
> bloom like this. every year.
>
> Under
the eave drip line (no gutters), buried in leaves that blow in,
>
undisturbed for ~30 yrs. Bright red-purple moneywort in the foreground
> and blue & white blue-eyed Mary farther back.
>
>
This one usually is at least partly frozen out by erratic winter and
> early spring freezes. It must have liked our record cold
winter - never
> have seen it put up so many stalks. If it did
this every year, I
> wouldn't have started pollen daubing!
>
> Linda Mann
> east TN zone 7 USA
>
>
>
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