Re: TB Edith Wolford

John, try THRILLSEEKER, R. Ernst, '93.  I once put stalks of Thrillseeker and Edith Wolford together in a vase then couldn't tell them apart at all.  Thrillseeker grows well here in the hot country without any of the problems that EW has.  It also is doing well at  our mountain cabin, zone 6.  It's late, later than usual this year in my garden where it has just started after everything else is about gone, but it's a faithful bloomer and beautiful.  EW left on her own a couple of years ago, but thanks to Thrillseeker, I don't miss her at all.
Francelle Edwards, Glendale, AZ, Zone 9
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Reeds 
  To: 'iris-talk@yahoogroups.com' 
  Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 10:28 AM
  Subject: RE: [iris-talk] TB Edith Wolford


  Sounds like another iris that needs a winter freeze to trigger good
  growth/bloom.  Just about everyone I know in southern California is
  disgusted with its performance, though I heard it did well for someone in
  the "high desert" area.  Their winters are cooler.  We all get stubby fans,
  infrequent (if any) bloom, and lucky-to-break-even increase.  Great color,
  but not if you never get to see it.  A Dykes medal winner should be more
  dependable.  Amusing though, to see all the good-growing dull yellow /
  lavender bicolors subsequently introduced by people who just didn't
  understand that Edith's color was what made her so attractive, and dull
  yellow / lavender just doesn't do it.

  John Reeds
  jreeds@microsensors.com

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  > From:       lilylvr[SMTP:lilylvr@kansas.net]
  > Reply To:       iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
  > Sent:       Friday, April 27, 2001 11:43 PM
  > To:       iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
  > Subject:       Re: [iris-talk] TB Edith Wolford
  > 
  > I have Edith Wolford in a very dappled shade location. The Rhizomes are
  > exposed to open air. The soil is on the tough side and needs amendments to
  > lighten it up. It has divided admirably there and looks like it will have
  > 3 or 4 bloomstalks this year. I was going to move part of it  but after
  > what I have read I may just leave it as long as it does not crowd itself.
  > It only gets sun until 10 or 11 am. It also gets reflected light off the
  > windshield of my car. I have had other iris I had to move into the sun to
  > make happy but this is not one of them. I do use supersulfate once in the
  > spring and again in the fall. Maybe this will help. I hope so. My flowers
  > on this plant are just luminous with beautiful branching. It tolerated 111
  > degrees for a week last summer and 30 below with no cover last December.
  > Maybe it can not tolerate full sun.
  >   ----- Original Message ----- 
  >   From: Kitty & Bruce Loberg 
  >   To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  >   Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 7:36 AM
  >   Subject: [iris-talk] TB Edith Wolford
  > 
  > 
  >   Sandra,
  >        Edith Wolford, in my warmer Calif. climate doesn't grow well or
  >   increase much.   Same with Beverly Sills.   I had just about given up on
  >   Edith.  Then two years ago I put it in a new bed with LOTS of compost...
  >   iris food... and it's doing quite nicely.   I don't know if it likes to
  > be a
  >   heavy feeder or not... anyone else have an experience of saving iris by
  >   planting in heavy compost with those varieties which don't seem to
  > thrive?
  >   Kitty Loberg, Northern Calif.
  > 
  >   >I tried Edith Wolford, too.  She didn't make the winter.  I am on my
  > third
  >   and
  >   >hopefully final time for Honky Tonk Blues ( it bloomed for me once and
  > I
  >   loved
  >   >it),
  > 
  >   > >.  So far, 18 of them look like they've survived this
  >   > > prolonged winter, including Edith Wolford (her 3rd & LAST CHANCE
  > HERE!).
  >   >
  > 
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