Re: OT-BIO: Neil Mogensen
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- Subject: Re: OT-BIO: Neil Mogensen
- From: N* M*
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:05:59 -0000
--- In iris-talk@egroups.com, Linda Mann <lmann@i...> wrote:
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>" Neil, I'm curious, what are your goals with the purple irises?"
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Just good ones getting better, I think. I like very wide form and
lots of ruffles, but I'm looking very critically at vigor, even-
tempered growth habit, sharp, clean foliage, disease and pest
resistance (if there is such a thing), bud count, branching and so
on. I think the day is past and the competition much too keen for
new introductions to be temperamental or to have maybe four or five
blooms per stalk. I think most hybridizers are getting sensitive to
these issues, but when something comes along that is just too, too
good in the individual bloom, how easy it is to forget all the rest.
Maybe it's too much to hope for, but wouldn't it be nice
if "everblooming" were also the norm. A local garden center tells me
people are asking about rebloomers and wished I'd start gathering up
some. I'm thinking about it.
Visitors are always welcome. My collection is mostly pretty new
stuff (intros '96 and newer) but very limited. I'm about two hours,
forty-five minutes from you. If you get serious about coming this
way, there's some really terrific gardens further south, i.e.,
Gaffney, to visit. Drop me an e-mail about it a day or two ahead.
Neil Mogensen
raining heavier by the hour in Arden, North Carolina
