Re: Be Mine
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Be Mine
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 07:38:05 -0500
In a message dated 96-12-28 17:43:46 EST, you write:
<< Does the iris Be Mine grow as well for anyone else as it does here in
California? Always a good and dependable grower for me. I have heard
reports that it reblooms, but never here. >>
The peachy pink BE MINE, one of the nicest early introductions by Monte
Byers, does so nicely here in Virginia that I used it in some crosses to try
to get vigor in a frustrating "peach" line I have had going for many years.
Unfortunately, although I did get the increased vigor I was striving for, BE
MINE's form seemed to be always dominant (and it was the large, ruffled,
laced flowers of my line that I wanted!) I have kept two seedlings with some
potential.
Still, BE MINE is a nicely branched, very vigorous iris that produces lots of
flowers. It is a good peach colored garden iris in the East (which
includesTennessee). Clarence Mahan in VA
