Re: Iris Names -- X-Rated
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- Subject: Re: Iris Names -- X-Rated
- From: s*@aristotle.net (J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey)
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:01:22 -0700 (MST)
Graham Spencer wrote:
>I'm amazed at this thread!
>Some of then names suggested as suitable for X-rating (that's an 18
>certificate for us UK readers) are not offensive at all! What a bunch of
>prudes you all are! (-;
That reminds me of the touchy situation I encountered with my neighbor-lady
who stopped one day to ask about four little iris I had planted between our
yards. I knew *nothing* about iris at the time. I think these were acquired
from one of the monster-big mail order catalogs as a collection. Anyway,
the most attractive flower was little STEPPING OUT, which for some reason
she found quite a scandalous name! I mean, she went home in a huff!
Indecent, she said, indecent!
Speaking of STEPPING OUT, can anyone tell me why it alone of all my TB and
MTB rhizomes is routinely attacked and devoured by something that either
has scooping teeth or eats in such a systematic way the holes look like
someone attacked the plant with a melon-baller?
Last fall I transplanted three babies from my sole surviving STEPPING OUT
into a mixed-flower bed and *overnight* the rhizomes were gobbled. I came
out to find the green fans lying flat on the ground, the tops of the roots
showing in the dirt!
Friends have suggested slugs, turtles, even chipmunks, all of which I am
ready to blame. But why don't they want the other irises?
Celia Storey
storey@aristotle.net USDA Zone 7b AIS Region 22
Little Rock, Arkansas annual rainfall 49+ inches, 275 feet above sea level
Our temps vary widely within seasons and though normal annual range is hi
93F, lo 30F, recorded extremes have hit 112F and -5.
