Re: CULT: Problem plant with pale leaves
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Problem plant with pale leaves
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 08:38:10 +0000
From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
Daryl/Kathy Haggstrom wrote:
>
> As for a bloom report, let us say I am inundated with purple. I have
> seen several beautiful vistas of tones of iris against a backdrop of
> massive walls of wild rose bushes, or growing through lacy horsetail in
> a eerily ethereal cove or blowing in rolling waves of purple on the
> windy flats. I cannot create beauty equal to these scenes so I am going
> to be satisfied with trying to bring the essense of such visions into
> the flowers I cross instead of trying to create large artificial
> specimens. Anyway, thanks for any input.
Kathy,
Your description brings to mind times I spent in Alsaka and Adak. It always
amazed me how so much beauty could literally jump up out of browned-out
tundra. The season seemed so short, and everything had to grow and bloom
before the season turned again. One day the tundra would be dry and brown, the
next (it seemed) it was green and full of flowers in full bloom. It always
presented such an intense display.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont, California, USA, Earth, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
There are currently 83 Iris pictures on my Website. Visit me at:
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