I hope I don't sound like I'm trying to be smart, but I want to be sure it gets across that this really is a pseudata (one of my biggest new obsessions). You can see it on this page: http://www.draycott-gardens.com/otherframe.html
--- In iris-photos@yahoogroups.com, "Margie Valenzuela" <IrisLady@...> wrote:
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> That is a lovely JI, Sandy. I wish we could grow them here. (sigh)
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> ~ Margie V.
> Oro Valley, AZ.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sandy Ives
> To: i-p
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 8:19 AM
> Subject: [iris-photos] JI: Shiryukyo
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> I received this via auction at the 2008 JI Convention in Kalamazoo. It is a Shimizo cultivar via Carol Warner.
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> The image is very close to the actual bloom on my monitor.
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> This is a second day bloom; it was quite darker yesterday and slightly higher. It has suffered through two days of rain and rather cool temperatures. I find the substance is sufficient considering - it is not a wet handkerchief on a stick.
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> I had hoped to bring it to one of the Region 2 shows, but it will not be a good entry by then.
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> I planted approximately 15 from the convention and a couple more directly from Ensata (and my thanks to Ensata for arranging the shipping). They were potted up upon receipt while I was waiting for our foundation work to complete. They ended up being planted in November (!) when the ground was frozen to a depth of three inches. All survived and six will bloom this year.
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> (El H: cross post to CWIS svp)
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