Re: TB: QUEEN DOROTHY
- Subject: [iris-photos] Re: TB: QUEEN DOROTHY
- From: "Mike G" r*@infinet.com
- Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 15:43:02 -0000
The lighter versions are as I remember it in Earl Halls garden.
Mike Greenfield
redear@infinet.com
-- In iris-photos@y..., laurief <laurief@p...> wrote:
> QUEEN DOROTHY bloomed for me for the first time this spring since
> planting a couple years ago. She tried to rebloom this fall, too,
and
> probably would have made it if we hadn't had the third coldest Oct
in MN
> history. Unfortunately, her rebloom stalks were frozen out. :-(
>
> Spring bloom provided an interesting variation in flowers on the
two
> stalks she produced. As you will see, some blooms were only
delicately
> stitched and colored, while others displayed much stronger plicata
> markings. These variable patterns appeared on flowers on the same
stalk.
>
> QUEEN DOROTHY (E. Hall, 1984) TB, 29 1/2", E-M & RE (rebloom
reported in
> AL, AR, CA, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, NC, ND,
NE,
> NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, Ont., Holland,
zones
> 4-9). S. white with 1/2" mid-violet edge; F. white with 3/8" mid-
violet
> edge; yellow beard tipped white; lightly ruffled; slight sweet
fragrance
>
>
> -----------------
> laurief@p...
> http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
> USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
> clay soil
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[PHOTO] TB: QUEEN DOROTHY