Re: SDB: Jewel Baby
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- Subject: Re: SDB: Jewel Baby
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 20:57:04 -0600 (MDT)
Christa Royer wrote:
>
> My first iris bloomed today, Jewel Baby (Hall 84). Absolutely beautiful,
> with four standards, four falls, and four beards. The standards
> slightly over lap each other. The falls do not. Each falls, (stands)
> separately. I have grown this iris for about 9 years and it has never
> done this before. And it is early, Apr. 15 was the earliest date
> previously.
>
> Has El Nino struck again?
>
> Christa Royer
> St. Louis, Mo. zone 5
Christa,
Jewel Baby usually has more than 3 parts on it's initial bloom here.
Has been doing it for me for years and hear the same from other growers
in California. Usually it's later flowers and rebloom will be normal
and have only 3 parts. Here it grows like a weed and blooms 3 times a
year.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California
Zone 8
