Re: REF: Iris Gardening Site in Australia
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] REF: Iris Gardening Site in Australia
- From: I* I*
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 05:37:50 +0930
Jan
Where/when was the offending iris article, I've got to read it. I think I'll
staart a collection of erroneous iris articles.
Colleen
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Clark <janclarx@hotmail.com>
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, July 07, 2001 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] REF: Iris Gardening Site in Australia
>>A neat site from our iris neighbors in Australia,
>>http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/default.htm
>While I am a great fan, and regular viewer of 'Gardening Australia' I don't
>hang off every word of advice they utter.
>Telling the average gardener that Intermediate irises can be obtained from
>crossing dwarf bearded with tall bearded, is somewhat misleading in that it
>neglects the fact that they can be obtained by mail order, and you get a
>registered variety that way.
>
>They go on to advise that the cross will have the form of the pod parent
and
>the colour of the pollen parent. Oops!
>
>They also make the common mistake of lumping PCI's in with beardeds, with
no
>mention of their cultural requirements. This is the main reason PCI's are
>not popular here. People are told to grow them as for bearded irises, and,
>of course, they die.
>
>Cheers, Jan Clark,
>
>
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