CULT: "Reversion" to White
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- Subject: CULT: "Reversion" to White
- From: S* M* <7*@compuserve.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 14:31:08 -0600 (MDT)
Walter Moores wrote:
> Even if you miss getting every piece and you have 'volunteers,'
> .the entire bed or field would not be white unless you grew nothing bu=
t
> white irises there.
True. That's why I think that
"reversion" is rarely observed by
true irisarians. It's most often
reported by someone who =
finally replaced a planting of =
"flags" with modern iris.
Sometimes, it does affect a bed
that has a limited range. My first
lesson concerning "reversion"
came many years ago, in the form
of a 150-ft row that bloomed all
purple although it had supposedly
been started with five different varieties.
It had been naturatlized for at least
15 years, I suspect many more.
This was presented as a reason I
shouldn't waste money buying new
iris. Of course I didn't buy into it, but
I DID observe that planting for several
more years and the next year only the =
cream-colored ones bloomed! Most
years, two or three different ones
bloomed -- but never all five. =
Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com
