Re: Bloom Report -buds
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- Subject: Re: Bloom Report -buds
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 23:00:39 -0600
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> From: "Donald Eaves"
> Do any of you really enjoy the bud show? I am enjoying
> some of these as much as the blooms, especially when
> they look ready to open and then wait an extra day.
> Also, I am watching pink buds on a plant I acquired at
> the Fort Wort Iris Society plant sale last summer. It was
> tagged SONG OF NORWAY. Can this be right?
Donald,
I, too, have observed that some irises have particularly intriguing buds. I
grew a Chet Tompkins intro, SWEDISH SPRING, whose lime green buds opened
into a yellow/violet bicolor flower a la EDITH WOLFORD. Neat trick!
However, no way -even deep in the heart of Texas - is an iris with pink
buds going to turn out to be SONG OF NORWAY. My son drew a rhizome of SofN
as a raffle prize at the local iris auction several years ago. It turned
out to have orange buds (and flowers).
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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