Re: favorite self-colored irises
- Subject: Re: favorite self-colored irises
- From: W*@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 96 22:16:59 MST
> Just to make it manageable, let's start with self-colored
> tall beardeds. (For those new to iris lingo, a self is a flower
> that is entirely a single color.) What are your two or three
> favorite varieties in each of these color ranges?
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This question, along with Mike's comments on irises that escape
popular attention, has had me thinking lately, especially in the
white category. I don't like ones that look like a used kleenex
after a day or that have flowers heavier than their stalks can
support in breeze or a little rain, and some of what others think
are the best seem to have those problems for me. I'm still trying
some of the popular whites, but I think a couple of less common ones
should be looked at here too. For a warm white, I like Country Manor
(Ev. Kegerise), one of her many well-branched creations, this one
with Juris Prudence in its parentage. I also have another
white so obscure that I need a checklist to verify its spelling and
hybridizer--Stylelight (Stylelite?). This is one of the starchiest
TB's I've seen with a good stalk, good growth and clumping, and nice
full fans; it's somewhat like Christmas, ruffled and with circle-shaped
falls.
After Hindenburg (Maryott 1982), my next favorite orange TB is
one that I don't think has yet mentioned, Fringe Benefits (Hager 1988).
In TB reds, I still like Schortman's Garnet Ruffles (1981). The main
disadvantage I see to it is labeling the divisions. Approaching
from the brown side, I have a friend who swears by Clearfire (Stevens 1981).
All selfed out for now, --Jim
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Jim Wilson, Applied Technologies, MCIS, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056
