Re: Blue iris
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Blue iris
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 05:32:38 -0700 (MST)
In a message dated 97-01-20 05:21:58 EST, you write:
Sonya van der Hulle wants to know
>How come when I see an iris bloom that to me & most people it is Purple yes
>vivid purple & it's description is that it is a Blue ????
Because iris hybridizers are wishful dreamers? Like MAYTAG RED, there isn't
a true blue iris, though some are closer than others and in at some times of
day and sun and growing conditions, they are bluer than at other times. When
I first started buying iris, I sent in an order requesting purple or lavender
iris and got a bunch of intensely pigmented violet purple flowers - what I
really wanted (but didn't know at the time) were 'blue' iris. Something the
color of I pallida, the 'blue' flag.
Linda Mann lmann76543@aol.com east Tennessee USA
