Re: VERY RED
- Subject: Re: [iris-photos] VERY RED
- From: Catherine Button c*@pav.research.panasonic.com
- Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:13:09 -0400
Cheryl,
My PLAY WITH FIRE looks like yours, and shows up pretty much just like
your photo did (on my monitor anyway!)... I would say it is an
advancement and quite enough for me as fire-engine red wouldn't be my
favorite red... better branching than I had on the ever popular LADY FRIEND.
cathy
in nearby soggy new jersey
Cheryl Leigh Chamberlin wrote:
> The first line of the description in the Schreiner's catalog says, "An
> advancement in the development of red iris". Their photo looks even redder
> than mine, with more hints of orange than I see in the garden. It looks
> "fiery", though! My mom picked this iris out because she thought it would
> look nice with the daylilies in bloom- forgetting that the irises are all
> gone before the daylilies pop up.
>
> I don't think this is true red. True red is more like bright red, "primary
> color" type red, or maybe red corvette-type red, or bright cardinal red.
>
> Actually, my photo of Play with Fire looks more like both Pat Mitchell's
> Dynamite and Schriener's catalog photo of Dynamite! That flower is spent now
> but when the next one opens I need to check the beard color. PWF in the
> catalog has a red-orange beard and the beard in my photo definitely looks
> more gold, like Dynamite's.
>
> Cheryl Leigh
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "the Asmus Library" <asmuslibrary@attbi.com>
> To: <iris-photos@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2003 9:00 AM
> Subject: [iris-photos] VERY RED
>
>
>
>>I thought there was no "true red" iris.
>>
>>wow, this is impressive.
>>
>>anybody care to comment on definition of red?
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[PHOTO] TB: Play with Fire- prettier picture