Re: TB: In search of name for a rust colored iris
- Subject: Re: TB: In search of name for a rust colored iris
- From: M* L*
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:33:29 -0400
At 8:45 AM -0500 4/19/02, Gladys Cothran wrote:
>I AM IN ZONE 6, 25 MILES SOUTH OF NASHVILLE. I NOW HAVE JESSE'S
>SONG IN BLOOM AND A RUST COLOR...ANY IDEA OF THE NAME OF THE RUST
>IRIS? THANKS GLADYS COTHRAN
Hi Gladys,
It could be any one of several different rust colored iris. Anything
I come up with would be a very wild guess unless I saw the flower.
One clue that would eliminate a number of contenders is the fact that
it is so early. (Anything blooming with Jesse's Song is a very early
season iris)
Your best chance of identifying it would be to place a blooming stalk
in a vase with water, secure it well, and visit one of the two below
gardens and see if you can find a match:
RockyTop Gardens
Phil Williams
P.O. Box 41, Eagleville TN 37060
(615)-274-6426 rockytopgrdens@aol.com
Iris City Gardens
Macey and Greg McCullough
7675 Younger Creek Rd., Primm Springs, TN
38476
(800) 934-4747. icity@msn.com www.iriscitygardens.com
Of course, if the iris in question is an older variety, your chances
of finding it in commercial gardens that do not specialize in older,
60s, 70s and 80s varieties and frankly historic varieties is probably
slim to none.
You might try the Iris-Talk archives at: http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/
Search for 'rust' and disregard those entries dealing with the disease.
Cheers,
Mike
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