TB: HIST
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- Subject: TB: HIST
- From: M* A* S*
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:40:20 -0400
The thing I really like about historic iris is that they're TOUGH. We had
intermittent warmth and freeze in DC this winter with the result that many
developing bloom stalks were affected. Several of my newer varieties caved
under the pressure and rotted. The historics persevered, and though the
earliest stalks came up stunted and deformed, they bloomed their hearts out
(if only 6 inches above the ground).
What prompts me to write today is the view from my back porch of NEW SNOW
and PINNACLE. They have sent up stalks that are more than a meter tall,
nicely branched, and sporting very large flowers. They pay no mind to the
aphids and slugs that have been munching elsewhere in the garden, and are
standing straight without support despite a brisk wind that has been
whipping through the yard for the past several hours. PINNACLE is Queen of
my Show at the moment. If I were a poet I'd write an Ode.
(I'll wax eloquent about LOVELY LETTY and SNOQUALMIE some other time.)
Merrily Smith
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
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