Ann,

You wouldn't think it was a bonus if you could smell it. It's a musky smell, in the category of the stuff they bottle to attract deer to the tree stands.

I thought it was kind of a dog myself, uh, the iris is a dog that is. The ruffles are better than most of my seedlings so far, and the blush at the hafts is similar to the 05-119 group, so I thought I'd throw some pollen around.

What are you seeing that I've overlooked... or I could be such a newbie I don't know to look...

Christian

--- In iris-photos@yahoogroups.com, "Ann Conway" <amconway@...> wrote:
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> That's lovely! And fragrant, too, what a bonus!
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> Ann
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: christian foster
> To: iris photos
> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:37 AM
> Subject: [iris-photos] after thanksgiving
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> I found this maiden bloom stalk in the iris bed yesterday afternoon, just beginning to open. Yesterday was the first day over 50* in a while, I think.
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> It's fragrant; I think the dog may have known it was there for a week. She kept ducking into the badly overgrown iris bed at just that spot.
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> 05-132-01 Bill Tyson's 97-008-14 X Tea Leaves
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> Christian
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