Delightful color combination. Congrats!

<<When I gave it a chance, it bloomed well, with 3 full branches and a
well-timed triple terminal, and with nicely domed, ruffled standards.Â
NeverÂover 27 inches, though.Â>>

Betty Wilkerson
Zone 6 KY
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From: MryL1 <M*@msn.com>
To: iris-photos <i*@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 1:30 pm
Subject: [iris-photos] HYB: Jean Swann, BB 2011

This is a really lousy photo. I took a good one last spring, but can't
find it. This was maiden bloom, growing more or less underneath a
monster
seedling from Jurassic Park.Â
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When I gave it a chance, it bloomed well, with 3 full branches and a
well-timed triple terminal, and with nicely domed, ruffled standards.Â
NeverÂover 27 inches, though. And so far no RE here.
Â
My mom picked it out through the kitchen window, from about 40 feet
away, on a raw, rainy day. At first I thought she liked a huge
Celebration
Song X Mother Earth one growing near it. But, no. She said the little
pink
and dark red one. A fortunate circumstance, as I would not have
registered
the other one.
Â
One ofÂit went to this year's National. I hope somebody sends me a
photo
of it, as I won't be able to go. Was hoping it rebloomed there, but
haven't
heard anything. Mom would get a kick out of seeing it there. She's also
90, on the short side, herself, and doesn't get many kicks these days.
Â
Jean Swann, BB 2011 - Crazy For You X Pinkness
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Looking forward toÂmaiden bloomÂout of it by October Splendor. Curious
to
see if the buds and branches willÂcarry through.ÂÂÂ
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Mary Lou, near Indianapolis