RE: OT:How to Misname Irises

From: "Chris Hollinshead" <cris@netcom.ca>

Betty this situation you describe is now out of your hands and beyond your
control. Now what I do see here is that you have contributed somewhat
inadvertently to the promotion of the iris flower. These church folks that
are coming and looking/taking the plants home are thus becoming exposed to
the genus iris through this activity. Perhaps down the road some may enjoy
them so much that they will actively become involved in a local iris group
or the AIS. They will later come to a realization of what they have as they
learn about iris. And if they don't become involved in iris that is okay
too.. they will just be content to enjoy some beautiful flowers in their
garden for years to come.

PS Where is Bowling Green? I assume that is the name of a city/town
somewhere?

Christopher Hollinshead
Mississauga, Ontario  Canada  zone6b
AIS(Region 16), CIS, SSI
Director-Canadian Iris Society
Newsletter Editor-Canadian Iris Society
E-mail:  cris@netcom.ca <c*@netcom.ca>
CIS website:  http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/CIS.html
Siberian-Species Convention 2003 website: 
http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/sib2003.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: StorYlade@aol.com [S*@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 09:51
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: [iris-talk]OT:How to Misname Irises
>
> The reason I'm writing?  Most of these irises are not registered
> irises and
> can never be found in any book.  Many are from my first crosses,
> planted as
> seedlings in the mid-to late 80's, transplanted to new homes in
> 89, and still
> surviving. (Many old form rebloomers among them.) These irises
> have bright
> and distinctive colors and are healthy, strong growers, seen as
> beautiful by
> those not as involved as irisarians.  I am told a lot of digging
> took place
> in this group of beds.  (A lot of children from Corn Harvest,
> Immortality,
> Autumn Encore, etc.)
>
> How many of these will wind up in someone's garden 5 or 10 years down the
> road with identification problems?  How lost is this cause?


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