Re: Jan Elizabeth

To Laurie:
  Do you know where one can buy JAN ELIZABETH?
Thanks,
Laetitia 

--- In iris-photos@y..., laurief <laurief@p...> wrote:
> JAN ELIZABETH (Tell Muhlestein, 1959) TB historic
> 
> This is an exceptionally meaningful and important iris in my 
garden.  She 
> carries the name of my next older sister, Janet Elizabeth, who died 
of 
> SIDS at 6 mos of age a couple years before my birth.  I have always 
> missed having Janet as a physical presence in my life, and now she 
grows 
> in my garden.  I also grow LAURIE, and they both bloomed this 
year.  The 
> parallels amaze me. JE was introduced into the world a few years 
before 
> LAURIE, LAURIE didn't start blooming until right after JE had 
finished, 
> and JE has grown very little in her first year (unlike LAURIE, who 
is far 
> more vigorous).  It will break my heart if JAN ELIZABETH cannot 
thrive in 
> my garden, but if it is her destiny to make only a brief return 
into our 
> family every 50 yrs, so be it.  It was such a joy to finally be 
able to 
> put a face to my sister's name.
> 
> 
> -----------------
> laurief@p...
> http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
> zone 3b northern MN - clay soil


 

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