Re: CULT: Favorite Iris (was Japanese Iris)
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Favorite Iris (was Japanese Iris)
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 09:00:19 -0600 (MDT)
>> though the bearded irises grow wonderfully for me, they just don't have
>the
>> same impact on me as my beardless and species irises do.
Jeff Walters wrote in reply:
>I grow a variety of beardless iris, and intend to grow more, but for me
>nothing in irisdom has the impact and thrill of the TB patch in full bloom.
>De gustibus non disputandum est!
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Well, without going into my classical Latin act, I will dispute it.
The joy of seeing magnificent clumps of mature Siberian irises
growing en masse billowing in the breeze still leaves me in awe
- especially when they are still standing after three days of hard
wind and rain.
The world would be so boring if we all had the same gardens. :)
We are still in Siberian bloom time with species - have to love that
'Holden's Child', it never stops blooming. I think it is finished
and three more buds appeared this morning. I just checked my garden
book and it is *not* an ever-blooming...just 15 days so far. :(
The Japanese iris have buds - just eight of them so far with more
everyday. I. pseudacorus bastardii just ended.
Ready for my orders to start rolling in - huge beds for the bearded
(minus the TBs which I cancelled except for two historic diploids)
and another big bog bed for the beardless.
A friend from this list sent me a wonderful TB by priority mail
from his garden many miles away and it is now blooming in my
living room....it is SPEED LIMIT by Lauer. I assume it was an early
rebloomer.
Cheers,
Ellen G.
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Ellen Gallagher \ e_galla@moose.ncia.net \ Lancaster, New Hampshire,USA
USDA Zone 3a \ Northern White Mountains\ AIS Region 1 {New England}
