Re: TB: Edith Wolford or Jurassic Park (or something else)?

Edith Wolford never performed well for anyone I know around here (although one
year I remember getting 3 surprisingly nice stalks, most years it never blooms
at all and I never got even one good stalk except for that one year.  Jurassic
Park does well for most people, but Jurassic Park has the same problem most of
the other iris in the "I have one that looks like Edith but grows better"
category have:  it DOESN'T "look like Edith".  Edith has soft YELLOW standards
and light BLUE (or almost-blue) falls.  The rest mostly seem to be dirty
yellow over lavender.  Somehow that clean, Dutch-looking color combination was
so pleasing.  Whatever their merits, that exact combination and clean look has
never been there in the "just like Edith" cultivars I have seen.  Speaking of
which, I have never seen Blyth's "Act Three" except in a catalog.  How close
does it come?

John Reeds
lamegardener@msn.com
San Juan Capistrano, CA zone 9b
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Autmirislvr@aol.com
  To: iris@hort.net
  Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 6:57 AM
  Subject: Re: [iris] TB: Edith Wolford or Jurassic Park (or something else)?


  In a message dated 4/2/2005 7:44:20 A.M. Central Standard Time,
  Irisacher@aol.com writes:

  Both  BOYSENBERRY
  BUTTERCUP and JURASSIC PARK are outstanding, but JP is so much  darker that
I
  wouldn't put it in the same color class. EARTH SONG performs  better than
EW;
  not
  as well as BB.


  I've grown both of these.  Both grow well for me.  EARTH SONG  would be my
  choice.  But, if you're expecting something that looks like  Edith, they
don't.
  Not in my opinion.  EARTH SONG comes close from a  distance, but up close is
  more coarse and a little muddy.  Doesn't have  Edith's clear tones.

  I've not grown JURASSIC PARK .  Could be because Best Bet never  grew well
  for me. But I do like it.

  Betty W. in  South-central KY Zone 6
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