RE: CULT: Broken colours was 2000 symposium
- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] CULT: Broken colours was 2000 symposium
- From: M* M*
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 10:55:13 -0500
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
Hi Walter,
I happen to like variegated anything but I still won't vote for Isn't It
Something. It is a slow grower here and is susceptible to rot and borer.
After five years, I have only three rhizomes and have seen bloom twice only.
But there are others that are worthy. It is not only the fact that it is a
variegated flower but that they are good garden plants in cold climates. I
suspect that people like me are thrilled to be able to grow new irises that
are distinctive. Sandy and I were quite discouraged in our first forays
into purchasing newer irises. I think we had a survival rate of about 25%.
Have you tried Very Varied yet? It has been the best performer for me in
the broken colours. Tiger Honey is second on my list.
And Bill,
We won't put you on the hit list for not liking broken colours nor
Thornbird. We'll just put you on the eccentric list [grin].
Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
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> From: wmoores[SMTP:wmoores@watervalley.net]
> Reply To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 4:36 PM
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] 2000 Symposium
>
> From: "wmoores" <wmoores@watervalley.net>
>
>
> >
> > BTW, I didn't realize that Region 12's votes had such an impact on the
> > Symposium results - four of the seven irises new to the list were
> > hybridized in Utah, and all the Utah-bred irises already on the list
> moved
> > up several notches in the rankings. They must be growing and showing
> well
> > for other folks, too!
> >
> > Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
> > jcwalters@bridgernet.com
> >
> I assume you are referring to the broken color things? I have found
>
> only one broken color iris that does well for me - a reblooming
> border from Virginia Keyser of CA called ZIGGY. The broken color
> irises from NE and UT are lucky if they survive one year in my
> climate. Seeing one in bloom in my garden is a rare sight indeed. I
> managed to bloom VIOLET TIGER once, but I think it is gone now. It
> was struggling the last time I looked. I think I tried BATIK three
> times before giving up on it. The catalog pictures are nice and the
> names unusual, but I am wondering if people are voting for the
> pictures and names and not the flowers.
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8
>
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