Favorite iris
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- Subject: Favorite iris
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 22:13:28 -0600 (MDT)
I checked in the archives and we did the "3 striking irises" last
Sept. and on 9/15 I selected 3 favorites in 9 classes = 27. :(
We also did the "to die for" (TDF iris) selections...
Out of those I chose:
SUSLIK (J. Burton 1996)
Registered as a species (pumila) at 4.5" (11 cm), it blooms earlier
than ATROVIOLACEA here (just beat it last year by one day). It is
dark red violet, deeper around *very* bushy blue violet to blue
beard (I would just say 'blue' but I am using the checklist), gold
in throat; style arms are red violet. It was grown from SIGNA seed
collected by Dr. Rodionenko, North Caucasus, Russia.
Not only is it spectacular in putting on a tremendous show that lasts
a long time, I think it has a jaunty appearance and really struts
its 'stuff'. It is a truly gorgeous iris and looks bigger than it
is and makes a statement in the garden saying, "Iris time is here!"
and time to stop staring at those blasted catalogs. :))
Cheers,
Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
Siberian iris robin / sibrob@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / USDA Zone 3
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