Re: I Rudskyi

 

Oh dear.  I was so precariously balanced, and that barberry was getting real persnickety, so I'm lucky my camera has a swivel lens.  This old body doesn't move like that anymore, so no, I didn't lean down to catch any scent.  It wasn't that warm out today either, so I probably wouldn't have smelled much anyway.
 
I've been conscientiously trying to smell the iris this year, especially when I was trying to id my unknown, Rhein Nixe, which does have a light grape scent when my nose is about 2" from the flower.
 
I haven't smelled any iris as pleasing as an old purple iris that mistakenly got left behind at my last place.  You could smell grapes 6 feet away from the clump.
 
El

From: b*@bellsouth.net
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:01 PM
To: i*@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-species] I Rudskyi

 

>I didn't think Rudskyi was going to bloom this year.  Then suddenly, it seemed there were flowerstalks.  Of course, the wind came up >strongly while I was trying to get a decent picture, while the nearby barberry was sticking in my leg.
 
El,
     The falls look almost like grape stick candy.  Does it have any fragrance?
 
Mark A. Cook
b*@bellsouth.net
Dunnellon, Florida.

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