Re: TB: Daughter of Stars
- Subject: Re: [iris-photos] TB: Daughter of Stars
- From: &* O* <i*@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 23:38:55 -0700
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Betty,
Irises in southern AZ often appear lighter in color saturation than
elsewhere in the country. That is the norm. I have heard it being
attributed to our soil being fairly new, compared with the more mature
soils up north and back east. We also lack many of the micronutrients
found elsewhere.
This is one of the things that make me excited about hybridizing. If I get
something beautiful in my garden out of my crosses, I know it will look even
better elsewhere.
George Sutton was shocked when I showed him a picture I took of my HONEY
SCOOP when he was here as a guest speaker. He said in Porterville, the
variety has a honey color to it, but out here it was more chrome-yellow in
color. When I was in Texas at the convention, a northern hybridizer
mentioned to me while looking at his guests he sent that he was amazed how
washed out the colors looked down here.
Acidity of the soil also plays an important part, so I have heard. Our
soils out here are alkaline. It takes a lot to get them slightly acidic
and keep them that way. Continuous cultivation and moisture along with plenty of
organic material, or a soil acidifying chemical, is needed. That is
difficult to do in the desert. If you get lazy, the soil quickly reverts
back toward alkaline. If you have very sandy soil like I do, it takes
almost no time at all.
Patrick Orr
Phoenix, AZ Zone 9
USA
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