Re: AIS Judges

> CEMahan@aol.com wrote:
> 
>  FEATURE ATTRACTION is a gorgeous flower and was growing wonderfully at > the Oregon convention. I bought it because it was so lovely.
 
 Clarence:
 
 I have to disagree with one sentence you wrote (see above).  Seeing it
 at the Oregon Convention (in Schreiner's garden) is why I DID NOT buy
 it!  It was BLOOMING wonderfully at the Oregon Convention, but one must
 look at the plant and count increases?  It was in a massive clump of
 beautiful flowers and bloom stalks, but if one really looked good at
the
 plant (and ignored those beautiful flowers and stalks), they would have
 seen VERY FEW increases.  Thus it looked to me as a serious candidate
to
 bloom out (as one of its' parents has always done for us also, Visual
 Arts).  And I don't want a beautiful flower to grow as an "annual".
 There are too many beautiful flowers that DO grow well and increase
 strongly.  And in the gardens I've seen it in since the Oregon
 Convention, I've NEVER seen it growing with decent increases and I
 myself, will definitely NEVER buy it (or vote for it)! However, I don't
 believe the iris will go any deeper into the AIS Awards System because
 of its' growth habits.
 
 Rick Tasco
 Superstition Iris Gardens
 Central California Foothills
 heavy rains expected again today--another "Pineapple Express"
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