Re: My favorite iris...SIB: CAESAR'S BROTHER



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> From: Chris Hollinshead <cris@netcom.ca>
>
SNIP
> 
> To start us off here is my probably surprising
submission:
> Type - Siberian
> Name - Caesar's Brother
> Hybridizer and year of introduction- Morgan
1932
> Description - 30 inches height, semi flaring
flowers of deep royal
> violet-blue with an antique gold throat.
> 
SNIP

	I was just going to ask about this iris after
reading all the posts...  
	I always look for flowers that are hard to kill
because my wife says that I have a "brown thumb."
 I have some TB's that survive my "brown thumb". 
 Most un-named from the mass market and a couple
of un-named dutch iris left over from the
previous owners of our house.  Yesterday I bought
some daylilies at Builder's Square to see if they
are a tough as the TB's.  On the way toward the
check out I saw some potted Siberian Iris and, of
course, couldn't pass up adding another kind of
iris to my collection.
	The tag says CAESAR'S BROTHER and that it should
be planted in moist but well drained soil.  My
question is *how* moist?  Are we talking
"cattail" moist or something less?  I have a
graded swale that has standing water for a few
hours after a rain then slowly dries like the
rest of the lawn.  Good place for the SIB or not?

Bob

Robert E. Pindell

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