Re: ISO 'Crinoline'

>Has anyone heard of an iris named Crinoline. I think the name is correct.
>I saw >it 2-3 years ago at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton,
>Ontario and have >been trying to find it.

Tom mentioned 'Son of Star' (Plough 69) as an acceptable orange with
excellent garden habits. [It is still probably the best growing orange in
our garden -- I didn't mention it because it is nearly impossible to
obtain.]

When an iris variety passes 'a certain age' it usually becomes very hard to
find in catalogs. This is distressing  because it often takes a decade or
so to separate the sheep from the goats in the area of growability. If an
iris has not been cataloged by the 'big two' (Cooley's and Schreiner's) it
will often drop out of sight in a short period of time. This sometimes
happens before growers have had enough experience with the iris to pass
around an evaluation of its merits (or lack thereof!) Some truly excellent
garden iris will flourish only in a very limited area because word of their
virtues did not get around. 'Holy Night' (K. Mohr 83) very nearly suffered
this fate. (I rate it as one of the top three GARDEN irises that I know)

 Many times, one has to winnow through your circle of iris acquaintances
and plead with all and sundry "Do you still have or, failing that,  know of
ANYONE who grows_______?" If this fails to turn up the iris you probably
have little recourse other than joining HIPS and entering a plea for your
lost favorite!  8-)

The Historic Iris Society has a committeeman who maintains a large file of
iris catalogs and will search them for a listing of a desired iris. I put
in a request for 'Crinoline' but I suspect that vanishingly few list it. If
found I will post where and how it is available. If the Source person comes
up dry the next step is to query the DataBank and if that resource does not
have a 'hit' the last resort is to place an 'iris wanted' request in 'The
Locator' of ROOTS (the Historic society newsletter).

Best regards,

Mike Lowe
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