Re: Descriptions
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- Subject: Re: Descriptions
- From: L* M* <l*@icx.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 09:53:28 -0600 (MDT)
Bill Shear wrote:
>
> This brought back memories. Some of the varieties Gayla listed were grown
> by me in the mid 1950's, and were semi-classics then. I've relied on
> memory to describe a few of them..
>
In response to Gayla who wrote:
> >I just bought a few iris from a sale. They are named but I do not have a
> >very extensive source of reference material to help me with descriptions. I
> >won't put them all out now but....if anyone could help me I would appreciate
> >it.
> >
> >They are:.......
.........
> >BLUE SHIMMER
This is the only one I know - an extremely reliable blue dotted plicata
(if I have it identified correctly). Blooms fairly early here (early -
mid?) on shorter stalks than it would probably have if it weren't
repeatedly frozen while trying to grow bloom. This is the one that
crawled under the fence out of the bed full of sweet williams to get out
where the horse could keep the grass and other competition away. An old
fashioned doggy stumpy thing that I used to dislike until I began to
appreciate its stubborn persistance.
Linda Mann lmann@icx.net
