Re: CAT: Phil William comments (was CAT: Stockton?)
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- Subject: Re: CAT: Phil William comments (was CAT: Stockton?)
- From: "* S* <s*@lightspeed.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 08:29:34 -0600 (MDT)
We have thornbird in two different sections of our stock garden and it
blooms a little bit differently in each place. I have seen it look very
much like the picture on the cover of the bulletin I have also seen it with
large flounces. It seems to vary a little bit in color depending on the
soil it's planted in.
Mike Sutton
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> From: L.Zurbrigg <z88keys@mindspring.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
> Subject: Re: CAT: Phil William comments (was CAT: Stockton?)
> Date: Sunday, April 19, 1998 11:15 AM
>
> >L-ers,
> > I thought Phil's comment on the picture on the cover of the
> >bulletin not
> >being Thornbird interesting. I looked at the picture and never gave it
another
> >thought though I too thought it didn't look like Thornbird. I checked
the
> >archives to find the thread regarding this discussion. I assume it would
have
> >taken place around February or March but I cannot locate it. What was
the
> >outcome of this discussion? Did anyone discover it's real name? It looks
like
> >Dance for Joy except Dance for Joy has a tangerine beard. Picture on the
> >bulletin cover does not.
> >
> >IRIS MANIAC,
> >Sterling (not Innerst)
> >Seattle, WA Zone8
> >Paganpink@msn.com
>
> Had I never seen THORNBIRD looking like it was on the cover of the
> Bulletin, I might have been skeptical, but I have seen it like that, and
> also with the more typical, (to me), dark violet "thorns". There was
> considerable variation in any one named variety in the SpaceAge category.
> It is something we are trying to breed OUT, and have always or nearly
> always the exact same flower. Then less viewing experience would not
cause
> so much turmoil to judges in the garden or at the show-bench. Lloyd
> Zurbrigg Durham NC
>
