I'm
new here (and pretty new to irises as well), but this seems like an opportune
time to introduce myself. I garden just up a ways from the Delaware River,
near Point Pleasant, in Bucks County, PA. We moved here last year from Newtown
Borough, also in Bucks County. Our very small in-town garden there became
increasingly shaded over the years by a neighbor's maturing maples and London
plane trees. I am -- and was and forever will be -- a daylily collector, but
in Newtown, I made lemonade out of the lemons by creating what I was told was
a stunning shade garden. Thus....an interest in hostas, ferns, and woodland
plants.
I
had a few irises, including that old faithful siberian, Caesar's Brother, but
about 99.99999% of the sunny places in the garden were given over to
daylilies. Here we have everything, from shade to full sun, from dryish to a
long stretch along one side of the deer fence that will be a bog garden and a
rain garden, as the center portion of the strip is perpetually wet, with
very damp ground sloping down to it.
Fervant daylily addict though I may be, I sense a new mania fast
developing. Went to a nearby iris place last week and came home with 15 irises
in pots. Quite possibly all old-hat stuff to you all, but I'm excited about
them....three IBs (Davey Jones, Pathway, Starwoman), some siberians (Baby
Sister, Banish Misfortune, Jeweled Crown, Silver Rose), a couple of Louisianas
(Inner Beauty and Jack Attack), Japanese irises (Anytus, Butterflies In
Flight, Caprician Butterfly, Diomedes, Midnight Stars), and the
arilbred Mohr Pretender, which will go under the dry, sunny spot created
by the south-facing bay window. Today I'm going to a place up the river where
the irises are -- alas! -- unlabeled, and where they dig for you the ones you
choose. One of the owners knows most of the names, so I'm told,
and I hope to be able to buy ID'd irises. They have two prices, and among
the cheaper ones are all the historics.....
Yes,
I'm finally getting to the point! Jan, I've really been enjoying all
your photos. And I am really looking forward to your pictures of the
historics. I'm thinking of putting together a collection of historics, as I've
loved looking at all the oldies growing in Newtown and other small towns and
villages around here. The oldest part of our current house is 18th century,
and I think historics in beds closest to the house would be very appropriate.
Plus, I just plain like the look of those tailored, simple forms (and of every
other iris form I've seen LOL). Of course, the challenge will be to pick and
choose, and there's nothing like a good photo to help with that -- but even if
I don't actually ever acquire a particular historic iris, I'll enjoy
seeing your pictures anyway! So please, unless most people here would not be
interested, I'd love to see your photos of all the
historics.
Laura Berenson
Pipersville, PA
Hi Ann, The name should be on the picture - I.
flavenscens
Have quite a few Historics to send. You are the
first to express an interest.
By the way, I realized that I still
have another 40 or so photos of Medians, SIB, etc. besides the
historics and the other TBs.Will send more later.
Jan in
Chatsworth
From: Ann Conway
<amconway@telusplanet.net>
To:
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Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 7:35:56
PM
Subject: Re:
[iris-photos] Kansas City National - Spec & Spec-X #4
What is that one, do you know? It reminds me of
something...
Ann
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Subject:
[iris-photos] Kansas City National - Spec & Spec-X #4
Species - this one is a historic from 1813
Jan in
Chatsworth
