Re: CULT:Bloom report-almost
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: CULT:Bloom report-almost
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 22:09:50 EDT
From: StorYlade@aol.com
Lew,
It does indeed bring back memories. I have grown the old fashioned irises
that were passed around in my part of Arkansas--bi-tone blue--since I was
fourteen. (I'm a year older than you.) But I didn't succumb to the
temptations of a Schreiner's catalog, and one of those special offers, until
the fall of 1983.
The next spring I was deeply involved in creating a fancy graduation gown for
my daughter when my 'new' irises bloomed. Only three out of seventeen
bloomed that first spring and most of my iris viewing was a glance here and
there out the window as I passed back and forth from the sewing machine.
First was a plicata of Schreiners that I can't quite remember the name of,
and then Lime Fizz, and the recently discussed Tropical Night. I thought I'd
died and gone to heaven! I'd no idea that iris breeding had gone so far!
Little did I know!
Betty in Bowling Green KY, where spring sprang right into summer. (Again.)
Such growth in the iris beds!
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