Re: TB: Does anybody grow these ?
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: Does anybody grow these ?
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 07:52:55 -0600
> From: Chris Darlington <chris.darlington@sympatico.ca>
> Hi All,
> I stumbled across the following baged rhizomes at the Rona garden
> center today while searching for for wood pellets. All cvs were bagged
> and identified with name and photo , a nice presentation and good
> quality dry rhizomes imported from Holland.
Given the experiences of others with irises marketed by the same sources as
derailrd in the Arcchives, the question might well be, "Are YOU growing any
of these?".
I wonder if anybody is
> familiar with some of these or know hybridizer or year of introduction.
>
> GOLDEN BOW golden yellow self (historic)
(H.P. Sass, 1935) Listed as "IB" in the '39 Checklist; no pedigree info,
but might well be considered a BB by current definitions.
> PINK DREAM Light pink self (historic)
(Eva Smith, 1959) TB 38"
> GLACIER GOLD Historic white standards , yellow falls
(Jesse Wills, 1964) TB 34"
> CIRCLE STEP purple on white plicata
(Duane Meek, 1978) TB 36"
> LOUVOIS looks like a blend of amber(s) with redish purple falls
(Cayeux, 1936) TB
> SPRECKLES Looks like a reddish brown plicata on yellow - it is
(Schreiners, 1971)
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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