Fwd: Iris cristata

Hey folks, I got the following message on another list.  I wonder if anyone 
might be interested in helping out?  I'm sure several SIGNA members are 
growing modern cultivars of Iris cristata.  Anyway, take a look.... you can 
reply to Jane directly to the email below (she's not on this Iris-Species 
list).

Dennis in Cincy



>The cover subject for the spring 2006 issue of the Rock Garden Quarterly
>will be Iris cristata. I searched the archives for an appropriate article
>to reprint and found nothing except a 1982 piece by Roy Davidson, which is
>mostly devoted to comparing the species with other crested irises.
>
>Would someone like to write up a current view of Iris cristata, with
>mention of the cultivars now available? Davidson mentions 'White Pearl',
>'McDonald', 'Millard', 'Whisper', 'Crested Ivory', 'Skylands', 'Crested
>Fairy', 'Gold Crest', and "Abbeys Violet' as having been grown. I remember
>seeing the last named. Are any of the others still in gardens? Are there
>new ones now in commerce?
>
>Perhaps one of you can write about these, or direct me to someone who can?
>
>Thanks much,
>Jane McGary
>Editor, NARGS (janemcgary@earthlink.net)



 
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