Re: Names
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- Subject: Re: Names
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 19:59:32 -0600 (MDT)
apearce@academy.net.au wrote:
>
> Dana wrote:
> > And then there are those of us who look for iris with these type of
> >names. I have an entire bed of witches, trolls, magic and monsters.
>
> I guess that would have to be a bed of dark purple-black irises then! And
> the white ones generally have wedding-related names, which I personally find
> almost as off-putting. (I think this would have to qualify as the
> after-effects of my sister's wedding almost two years ago. When family
> members have been discussing little else for months on end, plus spending a
> great deal of time on preparations, it is easy to get more than a little
> sick of it all. Even my sister got fed up with it, and she, at least seemed
> to think she was making the right choice.....Sorry, straying off topic again.)
>
> In terms of names which haven't been used, Iris Acres in South Australia is
> naming its new Pacific Coast cultivars after local place names, which I'm
> certain no Iris hybridizer in America would ever have used! Here's a sample:
>
> ALDINGA, ECHUNGA, NOARLUNGA, WILLUNGA, KANGARILLA AND YANKALILLA.
>
> Ann (who never EVER wants to plant an Iris called Puppet Baby, no matter how
> nice it may look, and even if it does rebloom.)
Right you are, Ann. And for similar reasons, BONUS MAMA will never set
root in my garden.
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
jgcrump@erols.com
