Re: CULT: Broken colours was 2000 symposium
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Broken colours was 2000 symposium
- From: H*
- Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 13:15:15 -0900
From: Haggstroms <hagg@alaska.net>
"Mark, Maureen" wrote:
> 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.
> 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. 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.
> ***********************************************
> > 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.
Hi All -
So where did this thread lead? I was reading it with interest because last
summer I found a broken color setosa in the wild, reminiscent of Ensminger-type
blooms (on a less grand scale, of course!). It's the first one I've seen. I
won't know anything about its vigor or other qualities until it blooms for me in
two years.
But my interest was piqued when a suggestion was made (I think), that some of
these types might suffer from adaptability, or perhaps, vigor.
The thread was sort of left hanging that the broken color adaptability may be
the same as any other bearded, i.e., some do well in one area or another, and
some are better at wide-spread adaptability than others. This is the idea I
picked up.
I know the Bearded ancestry is more complex than a single species iris, but I
thought there might be some valid extrapolation I can make about the broken
color genetics. I hope they don't prove more fussy because of this mutation.
And about the way it looks: I can't decide if I think it was beautiful or not.
It is striking, novel, dynamic, busy, but not classically lovely. That is its
appeal and its drawback.
Kathy Haggstrom
Anchorage, AK
zone 3 (I think - the weather here has turned on us, and having major mood
swings. It needs heavy doses of Prozac)
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