Dennis,
now you're being silly! Such a hybrid can never
compete in a TB class and the TB enthusiasts
would simply comment, 'pretty for such a
primitive thing!' and then turn to the next
ruffled dinner plate and ooh and ahh. I
understand you wanting a truly acknowledged
primitve/species bred category, but we don't
seem to have one in the AIS, or do you have
special show categories in the States for such
hybrids? The few shows I visit always
disappoint me in the lack of acknowledgment less
that 'current fashion' works receive. I think
we are all in agreement, here, otherwise most of
us wouldn't be SIGNA members. I would prefer to
see truly groundbreaking work being shown and
awarded, but I don't find pushing cultivars such
as Dolce into no mans land appropriate. This
is, also, not fair (but then, life is not fair,
now, is it?) If we must have awards, I would
prefer to see more sub-categories noted, defined
and awarded. I tried this with Hemerocallis in
Europe, but few gardeners/hybridizers seem to be
interested. They prefer jumping onto the
already rolling band wagon and btchn about the
rules, instead of thinking outside of the
envelope. This was a lesson to me; you can give
a gardener fertilizer, but you can't make him
spread it about or people don't mind change, as
long as everything stay the same. (mixed
metaphor?)
Jamie
PS: do stick to your definition, I don't want to
sway you. It is important that such views are
considered and someone carries their torch.
