RE: a siberian by any other name..zzzzzz

Re "Mart" irises, any white Siberian sold in such outlets is most likely going to be labeled Snow Queen. If the caretaker of a Mart iris really wants a name for it, the best way is to give it a garden name like "Bill's White Siberian" and just enjoy it for what it provides in the garden. Let the commercial gardeners fuss about the correct names of their stock. 
 
One way to distinguish between an advance gardener and an obsessive gardener is that the obsessive garden not only knows the Latin names for their plants but also uses the Latin names in their conversations with the plants.
 
Harold Peters
Beautiful View Iris Garden
2048 Hickok Road
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
harold@directcon.net  www.beautiful-view-iris.com
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Subject: Re: [iris-photos] a siberian by any other name..zzzzzz

In a message dated 5/18/2003 9:03:36 PM Central Daylight Time, wells@train.missouri.org writes:


Any ideas?

It looks like the real siberian folks have been resting/napping the last couple of days. I am quasi-siberian but still like to guess and am curious about the ID.

Pattern, height and color wise, it compares closely to Snow Queen growing here. Your blooms appear larger than mine with a somewhat different shape. I may have 4 or 5 siberians here total. Reguardless, Snow Queen is widly distributed, Lowe's, Home Depot, Wal Mart etc. Wrong guy to answer but love to stick my neck out.

Smiles,
Bill Burleson 7a/b

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