Re: Favorite iris
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- Subject: Re: Favorite iris
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 12:16:01 -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...
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> Out of those I chose:
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> SUSLIK (J. Burton 1996)
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> 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.
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> 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. :))
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> Cheers,
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> Ellen
>Dear Ellen: SUSLIK was sent to me by the Burtons, John and Lucy. They told
>me how well it grows. But I seem to be south of the area in which it does
>so well. Last year I moved it into part shade, and it is still alive, but
>did not bloom. Members of iris-L should be told that I pumila and its
>derivatives do not like hot climates. If anyone can tell me how to grow
>it like you grow it, (SUSLIK), I would be ever so grateful. Lloyd
>Zurbrigg Zones 7-8 in Durham NC
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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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