Re: Rebloomers for the north?
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Rebloomers for the north?
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 17:58:58 -0400
In a message dated 96-08-21 16:15:11 EDT, you write:
>Dare we mention the good Doc Brown? For all around grow-ability, especially
>in the North, no one has equalled some of his things! And if you want a
>landscape iris...
Lloyd has arrived! How wonderful. Welcome, dear man! We have been talking
about you online for months, so now you are here! Since Mike brought up G.
Percy Brown, truly one of the greatest breeders of iris of all time, despite
the lack of recognition afforded him, I will tell you a little story.
Last month at the C&P Iris Society July iris sale, people donated more
rebloomers than any other types of irises. And someone bought almost a
bushel of rhizomes of the iris G. PERCY BROWN. Of course, it is now passe,
but it does rebloom! Most of the rhizomes were left over, and we gave all of
the ones left over to the new Central Va Iris Society....so when you visit
Richmond in the future you are going to see acres of G. PERCY BROWN blooming
and reblooming.
Cheers, :) Clarence Mahan in northern Va
