Re: Re: CULT: HYB: Good Irises - ?Renown?

I would imagine your climate is as different from ours as night is from day.
Matrix has always been a great grower here, and it originated only about 25 miles
from here. Seldom rots, frequently reblooms, always increases well.

John Bruce
SW OH zone 5b

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colleen Modra" <colleen@impressiveirises.com.au>
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Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [iris] Re: CULT: HYB: Good Irises - ?Renown?


> Renown grows well for me, but I don't like it as much as Matrix. For me
> Matrix has better form and stems and better rebloom. No rot in our climate.
>
> Colleen Modra
> Adelaide Hills AUST
> zone 8/9
>
> colleen@impressiveirises.com.au
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
> To: "iris- talk" <iris@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 8:53 PM
> Subject: [iris] Re: CULT: HYB: Good Irises - ?Renown?
>
>
> > How does RENOWN perform in various parts of the country?
> >
> > It is a robust grower here, reliable bloomer, fairly fertile, and while
> > it rots a little now and then, not nearly as bad as MATRIX.
> >
> > But the kids I'm getting from it are mostly rotting before maturity.
> >
> > If RENOWN's tendency to rot now and then is mostly a 'southern' thing,
> > maybe I can find something that would 'nick' better with it.  Such nice
> > big, wide, blooms with fairly good substance plus rebloom, I hate not
> > being able to use it.
> >
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