Re: good growers

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• Subject: Re: [iris] good growers
• From: &* E* <d*@eastland.net>
• Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 18:49:48 -0600
• List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)

Hello Barbara,

>another one I forgot to mention.  Tom
> Burseen's WHERE THERE'S SMOKE.  Like VICTORIA FALLS, I consider it an
almost perfect
> iris except for floppy stalks.  If they stood up straight without staking,
> they would be almost 5' tall.

This does well in the drier part of Texas as well (at least here).  It
doesn't flop, nor does it get that tall.  It is one that seldom has too
short stalks.

>It is well named as
> it looks like a cloud of smoke from a distance.

It definitely has a smoky cast to the color.  The color would be a bit
ordinary without the smoky flavor.

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA

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