RE: Re: CULT: ROT: Is it genetic?

> if I buy a Blyth cultivar (which I do, because they are different and have
> patterns that I love), I know it may be a high risk & I don't know enough
> about most of the genetic makeup to make an informed choice.  Some do very
> well for me.
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> 
You are not the first I have heard to mention that in cold climates, the
early varieties are more tender.  I love Ghio iris, but many of his striking
plicata lines are early.  Some of his fancy plicatas and luminatas (Laugh
Lines and Double Dribble, for example) are not.  My most consistent rot
victims have been all the Keppel luminatas; interestingly, the Ghio ones
have not been particularly susceptible

 I have a number of Blyth iris.  His recent ones have better growth habits
for me, and much better form (closed standards, in particular).  Louisa's
Song was just barely on the early side, Painted From Memory was about
average, and Touch of Mahogany was probably just a shade past midseason.
All three were excellent, particularly the former two.  I loved his Gallant
Rogue when I saw it big and healthy in another southern California garden,
but it grows so poorly for me that it never has bloomed.

Many rebloomers may be tender, I would suspect.  One Byers iris that does
not rebloom but might be a good grower is Pagan Pink.  It seems to do better
for me if I just leave it alone, year after year.  I just pop out the old,
dead rhizomes once in a while and clear away the dead leaves.

John Reeds, San Juan Capistrano 9b
jreeds@microsensors.com 

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