Re: 'Gerald Darby': Seeds, Descriptions, Nomenclature

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Just so you know, that's not what happened here. I had three clumps, planted them in sales rows, catalogued them, put tags directly in front of and under them, took pictures of the rows, and deadheaded religiously. Plus I straw mulched around the plants, and I would be able to tell if it was seedlings or not from the way they were mulched. Anyway, not seedlings.

I bet your pond is beautiful, Dennis!

--- In i*@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Kramb <dkramb@...> wrote:
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> You should see my pond. It's not so big... but it's big enough that I can't
> (won't) reach most of the irises. And you're absolutely right, they reseed
> like crazy. I gave up hope long ago of identifying who was who. The
> naughty Louisianas jumped their pots and grew where ever they wanted. The
> only one I know for sure is the variegated Japanese iris Silverband. Of
> course, when they bloom I can tell you what's what. But that's only for a
> few weeks a year.
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> I'm a very irresponsible iris grower. ;-)
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> Dennis in Cincinnati where the pond is frozen solid.
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> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Joan Cooper <joan78@...> wrote:
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> > I think one of the reasons for this confusion (Gerald Darby and others) is
> > that many, especially beardless iris, self sow and the seedlings get mixed
> > with the original and so are never properly identified again. We should be
> > very careful to deadhead those stalks so they won't be responsible for the
> > problem. Joan Cooper Minnesota
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