Re: Re: SPEC: CAT: I. balkana/reichenbachii

Hi folks:  This'll be a long one!  I'm writing from my
daughter's place since my hard drive has crashed and I
am suffering computer withdrawal!  But things need to
be said.  

#1.  re: the plastic knife labels.  I use old
mini-blind slats and while they will break off,
especially when mowed, they are more flexible than the
knives.  And nothing is cheaper.  Friends are always
passing on their old blinds.  Just an idea to pass
along.

#2  re: buckets over plants.  I remember, when I had
only a few plants in San Antonio,  going out when a
late cold snap was on the way and covering TB stalks
with empty garbage cans!  It worked, as long as no
wind.

#3  re:  Shows.  The Iris Society of Austin had their
show last Sunday and one of my ISA buddies, who is a
silent iris-talk participant suggested that I tell
about it.  I don't know if it's 'cause he's shy or
because he had the runner-up bloom!  Anyway, Rita
Snyder of the Rainbow Iris Farms won Queen of Show
with a massive stalk of Jesse's Song and Jim Landers
of Temple, TX took second with Tasco's Ruffled Goddess
which was gorgeous.  The Snyder's took the silver
medal and Judi and Keith Sharp took the bronze.  (I
*have* to boast about last year though, when Jim won
Queen of the Show and bronze medal and I won silver
medal!  Jim went on to win Queen at the Nat'l
convention, too.  He just had a real good year!)

#4  My own garden.  Won best of section with Rustler
and Boy Next Door.  Six blues and 3 seconds.  Can't
remember all of them.  At present I have Competitive
Edge, Boxwinks Lemon Tree, Hello Darkness, Kekionga,
Mesmerizer, Altruist, Los Banos, Rose 'N Gold,
America's Song, Buttermilk Blush, Citrus Mistress,
Classy Chassy, Royal Elegance, Royal Crusader, Celtic
Prince, Lightning Bolt, Tanzanian Tangerine, Batik,
Titan's Glory, Olympiad, Red Rider, Orange Popsicle,
Lillypilly Wine, In Town, Vanity's Child, Tea Leaves,
and a few others that I can't remember in bloom.  LA's
are starting with Ice Angel, Colorific, Dazzling
Waters, Bayou Short Stuff and lots of buds coming on. 
Swamp Pioneers has been blooming for more than a week.
 All the unusual rain this Spring has done the plants
good.  And made for an absolutely *spectacular*
wildflower show along the central Texas roadsides.

Sorry for the length of this but stuff has been
backing up.

Carol, where it was 83 and sunny this afternoon but
now looks as if a thunderstorm is blowing up.  Zone 8

--- claire235@aol.com wrote:
> Linda,  I would love to share some of both of these
> iris with you. 
> Do you know of any books that may contain pictures
> of reichenbachii
> for comparison?  This iris came to me without any
> history except
> that is old, prolific, and free.  The other reblooms
> more for this
> older lady than it has for me.  I do have several
> iris members to
> ask if it reblooms more for them.  I also never
> thought to ask
> if anyone had done any research on this.
> 
> I've had a lot of strange things happening with my
> own iris this
> year even though bloom is abundant, the quality of
> stalks of
> many is not blue ribbon.
> 
> We have a show Sat.,April 21st, and I'm hoping to
> find names
> on a few to take.  I label with the plastic knives
> and they often
> get stepped on and broken.  I may have to take the
> plants up
> after cutting the specimen to see what it's name is.
> 
> You now know you aren't the only one who has crazy
> problems
> and solves them in an unlikely manner!
> 
> 
> Claire
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 


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