Re: TB: Edith Wolford or Jurassic Park (or something

Here's a photos of  From A Distance and ActThree from my garden. Act Three
is from a scanned photo so is a bit too purple.  From A Distance is also a
soft colour, does OK but not as vigorous as JP. Also FAD tends to fade, a
just lacks a bit of crispness in it's looks.


Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills AUST
zone 8/9


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Reeds" <lamegardener@msn.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: [iris] TB: Edith Wolford or Jurassic Park (or something


> 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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