Re: 10 most popular irises
- Subject: Re: 10 most popular irises
- From: t*@centuryinter.net (Bob Kromenaker)
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 96 15:33:19 MST
Hello again - out I come from my lurking position here in North Central
Arkansas. I was so happy to see the list of 10 most popular iris. As an
absolute neophyte, I was super pleased to see that I have five of the ten
- and maybe more that I received from friends but with no identification.
Speaking of identification, what is the best way to *label* the plants.
Finally, this list is the greatest!!! Bob Kromenaker in Mountain Home
AR - happy to be 800 miles south of Minneapolis.
> Those of you who are not members of the American Iris Society
> may be interested in the results of the AIS symposium (or popularity
> poll), in which members vote for the favorite tall bearded irises.
> The top ten this year are
>
> Silverado light blue
> Dusky Challenger dark purple
> Jesse's Song violet on white plicata
> Beverly Sills pink
> Honky Tonk Blues hyacinth blue
> Edith Wolford yellow and violet bicolor
> Titan's Glory dark violet
> Vanity pink
> Lady Friend garnet red
> Stepping Out violet on white plicata
>
> All of these have been around long enough to be pretty well tested
> and reasonably priced. 'Stepping Out' is the oldest one in the top
> ten, having been introduced over thirty years ago. It's a perennial
> favorite.
>
> About a quarter of AIS members vote in the symposium, so it
> represents the opinion of the rank-and-file iris fanciers, not just
> the judges and hybridizers.
>
>
> Tom Tadfor Little tlittle@lanl.gov -or- telp@Rt66.com
> technical writer/editor Los Alamos National Laboratory
>
> Visit Telperion Productions on the web at
> http://www.rt66.com/~telp/
